Early introduction of gluten may prevent celiac disease in children, study finds

[Northerner]

Introducing high doses of gluten from four months of age into infants' diets could prevent them from developing coeliac disease, a study has found.

These results from the Enquiring About Tolerance (EAT) Study, published today in JAMA Pediatrics, by researchers from King's College London, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St George's, University of London, and Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, suggest the early introduction of high-dose gluten may be an effective prevention strategy for the disease, though researchers say further studies are needed before being applied in practice.

Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disease whereby eating gluten causes the body's immune system to attack its own tissues. There are currently no strategies to prevent coeliac disease and treatment involves long-term exclusion of gluten from the diet. Even very small amounts of gluten in the diet of those with coeliac disease can cause damage to the lining of the gut, prevent proper absorption of food and result in symptoms including bloating, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, and tiredness.

Early introduction of gluten may prevent celiac disease in children, study finds

Introducing high doses of gluten from four months of age into infants' diets could prevent them from developing celiac disease, a study has found, though researchers say further studies are needed before being applied in practice.

www.sciencedaily.com

 

[nonethewiser]

Read same applies in prevent nut allergies in future life, must be couple years back, dont know if it were trialled or not.

 

[Bruce Stephens]

Read same applies in prevent nut allergies in future life, must be couple years back, dont know if it were trialled or not.

It has been. An example summary is this

Peanut Allergy: What to Know About the Latest Prevention Guidelines

We’ve moved from peanut-free lunch tables to peanut-free schools—and many camps and afterschool programs have banned anything peanut too. Finally we may have an answer, and it is the simplest answer of all: eating peanuts.

www.healthychildren.org

 

[trophywench]

Blimey. I'm not aware of ever having even tasted a peanut before my mid-late teens in that they were not something my mother ever bought, but do know when I was 17 I started going out with a chap who not only took me into pubs with him but also sometimes bought a packet of salted peanuts AND furthermore in some places there would be small dishes of them presented to customers nominally free of charge, along with their drinks - so possibly the latter was when I decided I quite liked them - only later did I discover that I don't like unsalted ones whatever. So I was kissing this bloke fairly regularly from a week before my 17th birthday in 1967 until 1998 and it would be entirely possible that teensy smidgeons of peanut could have been transferred orally. 😉 Anyway whatever, I'm not allergic to them despite lack of them when weaning - cos in the 50s Farleys were making Farex (the dry powdered equivalent of their rusks) so when SMA didn't satisfy your baby, you lobbed a spoonful of Farex into the milk, made the hole a tad bigger in the teat, and were all able to get a night's sleep again - so I won't be allergic to oats, but think porridge is disgusting in both taste and texture.

 

[grovesy]

I worked with someone who could not be in the same room as a bowl of peanuts.