It has always been advised that to prevent a food allergy the ideal is to incorporate the food into the child's diet as late as possible, and not even give it in the first years of life as is the case of nuts, which has high allergen power .
Now it could be just around. It has just been published in a prestigious immunology magazine that precisely people who did not take peanuts during the first years of their lives they have a 10 times higher risk of allergy to them than those who did.
This study has been devised due to the striking increase in the number of allergic to nuts, which in countries like Australia or the United Kingdom has even doubled.
After analyzing the eating habits of 8,600 children between four and 24 months, they found out to what extent and at what age these children took nuts and compared it with the number of allergies to this food. The statistically more significant difference was observed in the age of testing peanuts for the first time.
Children who incorporated nuts into their diet sooner had a lower incidence of allergy. In addition, these children continued to take them often, which may explain the results obtained. Frequent and early consumption of a food can cause tolerance to it and not develop an allergy.
Currently in the United Kingdom it is still recommended not to give these foods at an early age, but this study may have to rethink these tips to try to stop the increase in allergic figures.
