Peanut Allergy: Article Analysis

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In the article “Peanut consumption in infancy prevents peanut allergy, study finds”, (NIH 2015) states that the introduction of peanut products in the diets of children with the high risk of peanut allergy can lower the risk of actually becoming allergic to them. This could mean that other allergies can be prevented as well. According to the article researchers from the King's College London created a research to try to see if the introduction of peanut product in children would lower the risk of becoming allergic to them. They tested it by randomly assigning more than 600 kids that were between 4-11 months old to avoid or to include peanuts in their diets. They were then monitored by health care professionals. With this the researchers can
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