Now comes word that early exposure to peanuts may actually prevent peanut allergies. Researchers looked at peanut exposure and allergies in two different Jewish populations, about 5,000 in the UK and 5,000 in Israel. Apparently women in the UK, but not Israel, are told not to eat peanuts (and nuts) …
So maybe you pregnant gals might want to cut out that 3:00 pm PB&J. Dutch researchers reported this week that pregnant women who ate peanut butter or other nut products every day birthed children with a 50% greater likelihood of developing asthma. Okay, before we jettison the Jiffy, this finding …
Remember the 2005 news story about the girl who’d died after kissing her boyfriend. Because he ate peanuts earlier in the day? Well a curious and resourceful writer interviewed the pathologist – the girl died of an asthma attack attributed to smoking pot. But we never heard about that. Not …
Looks like the preschool director is not going nuts over nuts – she’s got some new ammunition for those pesky parents pooh-poohing the no-nuts policy. A new study in this month’s Pediatrics reports peanut allergies are showing up earlier and earlier. At 14 months for allergic kids born between 2000 …