{"id":1286,"date":"2014-01-07T09:56:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T09:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.protrainings.eu\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2014-01-07T09:56:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T09:56:52","slug":"eating-nuts-during-pregnancy-may-curb-allergies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/eating-nuts-during-pregnancy-may-curb-allergies\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating nuts during pregnancy &#8216;may curb allergies&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\">Children are less likely to have a nut allergy if their mother ate nuts while pregnant, a study has concluded. \u00a0The work, published in JAMA Paediatrics, looked at the health and diets of more than 8,000 children and their mothers. \u00a0The US researchers believe that early exposure in the womb creates natural tolerance to certain foods.<\/p>\n<p>But the findings conflict with other studies that have shown either no effect or a possible risk from nut consumption. \u00a0Experts say this makes it difficult to offer firm advice to mothers-to-be, with the exception of women who are themselves allergic to nuts and should therefore always avoid eating them.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The study authors, led by Dr Lindsay Frazier of the Dana-Faber Children&#8217;s Cancer in Boston, concluded children were a third less likely to have a nut allergy if their mothers had eating nuts during pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>This included tree nuts such as walnuts, almonds, pistachios, cashews, pecans, brazils, hazelnuts and macadamias as well as peanuts.<\/p>\n<p>The authors say this suggests that nut consumption may protect against future allergies.<\/p>\n<p>But there are other factors that may also explain this difference.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the women who ate nuts were also more likely to have healthier diets containing plenty of fruit and vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story on the BBC News Website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-25492620\" target=\"_blank\">www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-25492620<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children are less likely to have a nut allergy if their mother ate nuts while pregnant, a study has concluded. \u00a0The work, published in JAMA Paediatrics, looked at the health and diets of more than 8,000 children and their mothers. \u00a0The US researchers believe that early exposure in the womb creates natural tolerance to certain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,14,9],"tags":[462,210,463,464],"class_list":["post-1286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-aid","category-first-aid-at-work","category-online-learning","category-protrainings-eu","tag-allergy","tag-anaphylaxis","tag-nuts","tag-peanuts"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eating nuts during pregnancy &#039;may curb allergies&#039; 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