The food allergy community has erupted into a loud conversation today over what is being called a landmark study about early introduction of peanut in infants to prevent peanut allergy! At the annual American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) Conference, today’s big announcement brought the much-anticipated results of the LEAP (British Learning Early About Peanut Allergy) study. To help us keep things straight as we all attempt to take in and process the news I am sharing with you a few links that you might find useful.
Please note these TWITTER words of WISDOM from pediatric asthma and allergy specialist, Dr. Dave Stukus (I follow him on twitter and I hope I am his top Nevada Fan too).
#LEAP results exciting but DO NOT do at home – every single participant screened with both skin test AND oral challenge #AAAAI15— Dr. Dave Stukus (@AllergyKidsDoc) February 23, 2015
In other words, Don’t try this at home!
Links regarding results of the landmark LEAP study:
- Allergic Living Magazine interview (with lead study researcher Dr. George Du Toit) Early Introduction of Peanut Protects Against Allergy: LEAP Study Finds
- The New England Journal of Medicine, Randomized Trial of Peanut Consumption in Infants at Risk for Peanut Allergy
- Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) Press Release, “New Study Shows Introducing Peanut in Early Life Prevents Development of Peanut Allergy.” AND FARE’s Blog post, “New Research Shows Peanut Allergy May Be Prevented Early In Life.”
- LEAP- the actual website for the study – Leap Study Results
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This is a nice study and gives some people hope but it totally ignores the cause of the peanut allergy. The reason the Israelis don’t have peanut allergies is because the vaccines they use don’t contain peanut oil. In the UK they use peanut oil. How can I say this without solid proof? There is a ton of circumstantial evidence. It is only the final culture medium that is listed on the package insert. All the earlier culture mediums can be food waste which is why patents for culture mediums list nearly every food known to man. Vaccinations can have a mixture of food oils in them that have a trace amount of food protein. The FDA allows pharmaceutical companies to self-affirm Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) ingredients and nothing gets submitted to the government and these ingredients become trade secrets protected by international law. Even the FDA doesn’t know what is in the vaccines. Food allergies are unknown in unvaccinated populations. Vaccine safety cannot be adequately studied without knowing the ingredients in the vaccines. Why try to fix a problem when the problem could be easily eliminated by making the pharmaceutical companies divulge all the vaccine ingredients.