Women's use of nuts during pregnancy increases the risk of asthma in infants

The daily consumption of nuts women during pregnancy increases the risk of childhood asthma by 50%, say scientists. A team of scientists from the University of Utrecht, in comparison to those women who eat daily during pregnancy, nuts, and those who eat it occasionally. The analysis showed that the descendants of the former, the risk of wheezing and asthma symptoms as a whole grew by 40% to 60% compared to the participating children in the second group. Those examined, the researchers also what influence different types of nuts, including peanuts, which is from the perspective of the botanist, not a true nut. As expected, it was the peanut allergen. According to experts, is peanut allergy often associated with the development of anaphylaxis in children and, unlike other types of allergies, rarely goes with age. What factors during pregnancy or in the first years of life, asthma, scientists say yet with certainty. Often from asthma, suffer several members of the same family, because doctors assume that the disease is hereditary. However, environmental conditions also play an important role in the development of this disease.