Babies whose mothers take probiotics while pregnant and those who are given the so-called “good bacteria” supplements early in life may be at lower risk for allergies but not asthma than other kids..
August 26, 2013
Doctors do not typically recommend for or against probiotics for pregnant women or young children, and it is still too soon to make that leap, said the report's senior author.
Children of those who ate peanuts and tree nuts while pregnant were less likely to develop asthma or allergies than the kids whose mothers shunned nuts.
September 19/London/Nursing in Practice -- Unborn babies could be at increased risk of asthma and hayfever if women were to eat low-fat yogurt during their pregnancy, researchers claim.
