Pregnant women may be better avoiding nut products
July 16, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Women's Health
If you have a family history of food allergies or allergic asthma, it may be a good idea to avoid nuts and peanuts.
A study that was published in the July 15 issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, found that there was a direct connection between women with that family history, their consumption of nuts and peanuts during pregnancy, and their children having asthma symptoms.
According to the article, Just Say No to Nuts During Pregnancy, “daily consumption of nut products increased the
odds that a child would have wheezing by 42 percent, shortness of
breath by 58 percent and steroid use to ease asthma symptoms by 62
percent, compared to children born to mothers who rarely consumed nuts.
Overall, the odds of developing asthma symptoms for a child whose
mother ate nuts daily were 47 percent higher, according to the study.“
