Childhood asthma and a number of food allergies are frequently diagnosed during early childhood. Often the key events that determine these allergies, it is thought, occur even earlier—in the womb. During this marvelous nine-month period, you might increase your child’s chances of being allergy free by increasing your intake of foods
- Rich in omega-3 fatty acids, found, for example, in wild salmon or flaxseed
- Containing cultures of beneficial bacteria (probiotics), as found in some yogurts
And by decreasing your exposure to
You might also reduce your child’s allergy risk by making a visit to a farmyard! Studies have found that the children of women who were exposed prenatally to the microbial compounds in a farming environment were protected against the development of immune system changes that led to sensitization and asthma.1
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