There is a strange and suspicious dialogue about the wisdom of exposing 
young babies to peanuts in order to "prevent" allergies later on.
Suspicious because the original study was funded by the American Peanut 
Board!!!!
But our media in Israel is giving information that because Israeli infants 
are given Bamba, which is a popular peanut snack, these infants are 
protected from peanut allergy later on.It was even published in 
international allergy journals. Bamba melts in the mouth so it is often 
offered to very young babies although it has no nutritional benefit 
whatsoever.
But the bottom line is the effect of the original study which was funded by 
an organization that had clear conflict of interest.
The next thing we shall hear is that formula companies are adding peanuts to 
their products in order to "boost the immune system to peanuts."
Wendy Blumfield
NCT.UK Trained Tutor Prenatal Teacher/Breastfeeding Counsellor
Haifa, Israel

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