Eating peanut early reduces risk of allergy even with later abstinence (King's College London)

(Source: King's College London) Eating peanut early reduces risk of allergy even with later abstinence Posted on 04/03/2016 The early introduction of peanut to the diets of infants at high-risk of developing peanut allergy significantly reduces the risk of peanut allergy until 6 years of age, even if they stop eating peanut around the age of five, according to a new study led by King's College London. Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the LEAP-On study followed on from the LEAP (Learning Early About Peanut Allergy) study, both led by Professor Gideon Lack at King's, which found that the majority of infants at high-risk of developing peanut allergy are protected from peanut...