Scientists say children regularly consume small amounts of peanut products or avoid allergies

foreign media reported that food allergies bring inconvenience to life, peanut allergies are the number one killer of food allergies in the United States. Experts have previously called on parents to minimize exposure to allergenic foods in young children, but a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that regular feeding of small amounts of peanut-containing foods at a young age can help reduce or avoid peanut allergies.team recruited
640,
young children in the UK who were considered at high risk of peanut allergy between
4
and
11
months for
5
years of observation.scientists randomly divided the young children into two groups, one of which ate at least
6
grams of peanut protein (equivalent to
24
peanuts) a week, while the other avoided peanut-containing foods entirely. It was found that
17.2%
of children who avoided eating peanuts completely but eventually developed peanut allergies, while only
3.2% of those who ate peanuts regularly
.study found that regular peanut intake in young children helps prevent the immune system from becoming oversensitive to peanut protein. The team is now looking further to see if groups that regularly ate peanuts can continue to remain allergy-free if they stop eating peanuts for a period of time, and the results are expected later this year.experts urged parents not to suddenly start feeding peanuts to their young children, fearing that some people may have a violent reaction, should first check with a doctor.