Removing peanuts from young children's diets may be exacerbating the very allergy epidemic that such a move was seeking to avert, according to a recent report. But a review and study are under way to establish whether eating or avoiding peanuts is the best way to prevent nut allergies.
The recent House of Lords report on allergies became the latest to question current guidance that where a child is at high risk of developing a peanut allergy, the mother may wish to:
- avoid eating peanuts while pregnant and breastfeeding
- avoid feeding a child foods containing peanuts until the child has reached the age of three.
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