Pregnant women who eat peanuts may put infants at increased risk for peanut allergy

http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2010/11/02/pregnant_women_who_eat_peanuts_may_put_infants_at_increased_risk_for_peanut_allergy.html

If an allergic infant's mother ingests peanuts during pregnancy then the infant is at a higher risk of developing a peanut allergy. Researchers surveyed 503 infants aged 3-15 months old that had a likelihood of egg or milk allergies. The infants that were surveyed had no earlier diagnosis of peanut allergy. Based on blood tests and consumption of peanut during pregnancy, a total of 104 infants had sensitivity to peanuts. Even though research hasn't proven that peanut consumption during pregnancy is a risk of peanut allergy in infants, further research is still needed.

In my opion, this is a great thing to continue reasearching. This information could help our children to be at a lower risk of developing peanut allergies. Peanut allergies are serious and potentially fatal. This research could help reduce the impact of peanut allergy. If researchers continue studying this topic, it could reduce the amount of peanut allergies in infants all around the world.