014. Peanut: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food
SHOW NOTES
SUMMARY of episode
In this episode, I’m covering:
Why babies should start eating peanut protein at 6 months of age to help prevent peanut allergy...and why we can’t feed actual peanuts or globs of peanut butter to early eaters
How to identify if your baby is at high risk for peanut allergy and some safe alternatives for earlier introduction for this small group of high risk babies
Three safe ways you can offer your baby peanut protein to help prevent peanut allergy at 6 months of age; don’t forget to do peanut early AND often!
LINKS from episode
Book “Eat the Eight: Preventing Food Allergy with Food and the Imperfect Art of Medicine” by Dr. Ron Sunog on Amazon here
NIAID / NIH Addendum Guidelines for the Prevention of Peanut Allergy in the United States (Summary for Clinicians but helpful for parents and caregivers too) here
Check out Puffworks Baby peanut butter puffs for safe introduction of peanut protein for babies age 6 months+ use code BABYLED for 10% off (this is my affiliate code)
TRANSCRIPT of episode
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