Friday, June 17th, 2011 A study published in the Archives of
Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine is reporting that the
introduction of cow’s milk, hen’s egg, peanuts, tree nuts, soy,
and gluten to children before the age of six months is not
associated with increased incidence of eczema or wheezing in
either infancy or later childhood. The study, researched in the
Netherlands, followed 7,000 children from infancy to age 4 to
see whether introducing allergenic foods correlated with
heightened rates of eczema and wheezing. Those and other
allergenic diseases are common in childhood, but the study found
no increase in their occurrence among children who were
presented with milk, eggs, soy, or the other allergens before
age 6 months. The findings held true even after factoring in
parental history of eczema and wheezing. This goes against the
medical conventional wisdom, which generally advises parents to
delay solid foods until age 6 months to prevent food allergies
and more general allergic conditions. The America