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Babies who consumed more fruits and vegetables and less processed foods were less likely to develop allergies, pointed to a study published in the "Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology."
- We know that certain diets appear to reduce the risk of allergy in children - said Magnus Wickman, a professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, who was not involved in the study. - Different types of fatty acids and antioxidants, different types of vitamins and minerals are good for health and also prevent allergies.
Researchers estimate that 8% of children have food allergies. Parents are sometimes advised to avoid certain foods as a way to prevent food allergies. But the study's author, Kate Grimshaw, University of Southampton, UK, says he is worried that parents reduce the nutritional diversity of children without much scientific evidence.
To learn how the parents are feeding their children, and whether this has any influence on food allergies, Grimshaw and his team collected data on 1,140 babies feeding.
Researchers scored the diets of infants based on the combination of different types of food. They found that the non-allergic had the highest scores, by consuming more food homemade, fruit, vegetables, poultry and fish, and few processed foods.
- The analysis showed that children who consumed more fruits and vegetables, and less processed products were the least developed allergies when they were two years - said Grimshaw.
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