Daily consumption of nut products during pregnancy increases the risk of childhood symptoms of asthma.
The diet of a pregnant women "has the potential to affect airway development" of the developing foetus in a manner that might increase the risk of developing childhood asthma or allergy.
A Ducth study found that children of mothers who ate nut products daily also had a 47% increased odds of having asthma symptoms and a 62% increased odds of using inhaled steroids. These associations were independent of the child's diet.
-- Credit to Reader Digest n Her World 2008 magazine.
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