Researchers at the Univerity of Bristol are reporting a possible link between early childhood consumption of soya milk and peanut allergies.
The finding comes as part of a study of 14,000 infants. Of the 49 infants in that sample who had peanut allergies, almost 25 percent hd consumed soya milk in their first two years of life.
Imperial College’s Dr. Gideon Lack told the BBC, “These results suggest that senisitsation to peantu may possibly occur . . . as a result of soya exposure.”
This is, however, obviously a small sample of children with peanut allergies and much more research needs to be done to determine if this is a real effect or simply a statistical artifact.
Source:
Allergy ‘may be linked to soya milk’. The BBC, March 11, 2003.