{"id":14622,"date":"2019-12-16T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=14622"},"modified":"2019-12-06T11:58:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T16:58:23","slug":"nutrition-hotline-from-vegetarian-journal-can-anything-be-done-to-reduce-the-risk-of-a-baby-developing-peanut-allergies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/16\/nutrition-hotline-from-vegetarian-journal-can-anything-be-done-to-reduce-the-risk-of-a-baby-developing-peanut-allergies\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutrition Hotline from Vegetarian Journal: Can Anything Be Done to Reduce the Risk of a Baby Developing Peanut Allergies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A Vegetarian Journal<\/em> reader recently asked us: \u201cI’m concerned that my new baby, whom we plan to raise vegan, might become allergic to peanuts. Is there anything I can do to reduce her risk?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

VRG\u2019s Nutrition Advisor, Reed Mangels PhD, RD, response begins with: \u201cPeanut allergy is a relatively\ncommon problem that seems to be increasing in frequency. In 2010, about 2% of\nchildren in the U.S. had a peanut allergy.1<\/sup> In children with a\npeanut allergy, exposure to even small amounts of peanuts can cause a severe,\npotentially life-threatening allergic reaction called anaphylaxis in which\nwarning signs like an itchy rash, swollen throat, wheezing, and difficult\nbreathing can occur. It’s definitely possible for a vegan child to have a\nhealthy diet without peanuts or peanut butter. Still, it’s understandable that\nyou’d like to reduce the risk of your child having a peanut allergy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExclusive breastfeeding for the\nfirst four to six months may help to reduce the risk of food allergies overall.\nThere does not seem to be any benefit of the mom avoiding peanuts or peanut\nbutter although this is an area of active research.2<\/sup> In 2017, the\nNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases introduced guidelines for\nwhen to give peanuts to infants.3<\/sup> Their guidelines differ depending\non whether or not a baby has eczema or food allergies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the entire column here: https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/journal\/vj2019issue4\/2019_issue4_nutrition_hotline.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subscribe to Vegetarian Journal in the USA only by visiting https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/2013sv.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also subscribe to the Kindle version of Vegetarian\nJournal in the USA and United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the USA,\nvisit: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07LBY2Y7K\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544727482&sr=8-1&keywords=B07LBY2Y7K<\/a>\nIn the United Kingdom, visit: https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B07LBY2Y7K\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1544731957&sr=8-1&keywords=B07LBY2Y7K<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Vegetarian Journal reader recently asked us: \u201cI’m concerned that my new baby, whom we plan to raise vegan, might become allergic to peanuts. Is there anything I can do to reduce her risk?\u201d VRG\u2019s Nutrition Advisor, Reed Mangels PhD, RD, response begins with: \u201cPeanut allergy is a relatively common problem that seems to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14624,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14622\/revisions\/14624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}