Feeding babies baked eggs early could prevent egg allergies—new research reveals how timing and exposure shape immune tolerance!
Study: Tolerance to cooked egg in infants with risk factors for egg allergy after early introduction of baked egg. Image Credit: Dragana Gordic / Shutterstock
A recent study finds that egg allergies in children can be prevented by introducing baked eggs to their diet at an early age and maintaining the diet for at least six months. The study findings are published in the journal Allergologia et Immunopathologia.
Background
Food allergies, including egg allergy, cow milk allergy (CMA), and atopic dermatitis (AD), are the most common allergies among children and adolescents. Up to 70% of infants with CMA or AD in the study were sensitized to eggs (detected via IgE…