Introducing peanut butter early on can help with allergy prevention

Feeding children smooth peanut butter during infancy and early childhood can help reduce their risk of developing a peanut allergy later on in life, according to a study published in NEJM Evidence.

Starting peanut consumption as a soft pureed paste at approximately 4 months old and continuing regularly to around 5 years old was associated with a 71% reduced rate of peanut allergy among adolescents, according to the study. 

Introducing peanut butter in infancy "provided lasting tolerance to peanut into adolescence irrespective of subsequent peanut consumption, demonstrating that long-term prevention and tolerance can be achieved in food allergy," the study concluded. 

Read more: NEJM Evidence 

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