Can Organic Food Help Prevent Allergies in Young Children?
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Researchers have found that babies raised on organic dairy products are a third less likely to suffer allergies in their first two years than those fed conventional food. The Dutch study followed 2,500 pregnant women and their infants for two years after birth. Some of the children were on strict diets with more than 90 percent of their dairy intake was organic. Their mothers also ate organic food whilst pregnant and whilst breastfeeding. The researchers found that this group of children wer significantly less likely to suffer from allergies.
They are unsure why organic food prevents allergic reactions, but it may be because of is higher concentrations of fatty acids.
The researchers took into account that these children were more likely to come from richer families.
The study author, Dr Machteld Huber of the Louis Bolk Institute, wrote, “There was a clear relationship between organic dairy use and less eczema. The difference was significant, but only for children exclusively eating organic dairy products. We did not find a relationship if they had both organic and conventional dairy products.”
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