How to reduce your baby’s chance of developing a severe nut allergy …. by up to 85%!

We would like to share with you a fascinating, eye-opening interview with Prof Gideon Lack from Zoe. There are so many important take aways to help families understand how best to reduce their children’s chances of developing potentially life threatening allergies from this informative interview. The stand out points for us are:

• Today there is an an epidemic of food allergies, 100 years ago they were almost unheard of whilst today 1 out of 10 children have some form of food allergy

• Babies with eczema or dry skin are at a higher risk of developing food allergies

• A Random Control Trial of 640 babies found that by the age of 5 years, there was an 85% reduction of risk in the group that actively consumer peanuts!

• Babies should be introduced to common food allergens as early as possible from at least 6 months old in sufficient quantities, including peanuts, eggs, milk, wheat and sesame.

• Our gut, skin and nasal respiratory tract microbiome is likely to play a critical role in supporting our immunological tolerance.

Here is the link to the full podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/zoe-science-nutrition/id1611216298?i=1000665444076

https://zoe.com/learn/why-1-in-10-children-have-a-food-allergy

From a Chinese Medicine perspective the microbiome relates to the health of the Stomach organ. We can therefore support our microbiome with lifestyle and dietary choices as well as by strengthening the digestive organs with acupuncture, Moxa, laser therapy and medical massage. We recommend children have regular treatment to support their gut health and resilience.