[ConservativeMind]

Avocados are associated with a reduction in food allergies in infants by 43.6%, if eaten during the first or third trimesters (these were the tested times).

This could also mean the mother had a healthier diet, but at least definitely went out of the way to get avocados, while living in Finland.

[ConservativeMind]

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[HighSierra5]

Here we go with another stealth food advertisement. Don’t get me wrong, I love CALIFORNIA avocados.

[rfp1234]

What is Avocado’s Number?

6.02 x 10^23 Guacamoles.

[Bob434]

VEry cool find- wish our family had known thst a dozen or more years ago.

[tired&retired]

I find this very interesting as avocados are very high in histamines and often trigger an allergic reaction.

However, amniotic fluid is very high in diamine oxidase (DAO) which is the body’s primary way of histamine degradation. Mother’s milk is also high in DAO.

Children who have many allergies and colicky babies are often found to have low DAO.

[piasa]

People who eat avocados in Finland are probably doing other things differently too, not just consuming weird tropical American fruit. Any of those different things could also change the study results. Maybe avocado eaters tend to be more outdoorsy people.

Exposing kids beginning in infancy to barns where animals are kept has been found to reduce the incidence of allergies, too.

[Sacajaweau]

This is an absurd conclusion....Love that Grant Money!!!

[Buttons12]

People sure are pushing avocado lately. You can have mine, and the more you insist they’re magically healthy, the less I trust them or you.

[metmom]

That’s a significant number.

And I think you’re right; over all diet instead.

The immune system is complicated beyond belief and I’d find it hard to believe that ONE food could make such a difference.

And avocadoes were virtually unknown for a great deal of the population for much of human history even in days when allergies were relatively unknown.

[bgill]

Probably applies to all foods. Introducing other foods early on would also prove true.

I grew up in peanut country and no one ever died of peanut allergies. There was peanut dust everywhere during harvest time where kids all helped. School lunch trays had government pb on them every day - in a dixie cup, with an apple, from scratch pb cookies, pb and honey on the most wonderful scratch yeast rolls. There was always an excess of government pb, cheese (!) and butter which anyone could get.