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26 MAY 2018
KIWI RESEARCH
BREAKTHROUGH
Yoghurt given to infants in the first year of life may
protect them from developing eczema and allergy,
researchers from three prominent New Zealand
universities have found.
The effects of the yoghurt
are “striking,” University
of Otago, Wellington and
Auckland academics say,
with study head Dr Julian Crane
from the University of Otago saying
the research found up to a 70%
reduction in eczema and allergy
in the first year of life for daily
consumers. “The more regularly
yoghurt was given, the greater
the effect,” he says. The research,
funded by the Health Research
Council, involved 390 mothers in
Wellington and Auckland who were
asked about various foods they
gave to their infants in the first
year of life, and the infants were
seen regularly for signs of eczema
and had a skin prick test for allergy
at one year. Crane says results
should encourage parents to consider
feeding their infants yoghurt,
especially if they are worried about
a risk of eczema or allergic disease,
but should do so with caution. “We
found that regular consumption
of yoghurt gave stronger protection,
but what we don’t know yet
is what type of yoghurt is best or
how much is protective,” he says.
Full fat, plain unsweetened yoghurt
is already recommended by New
Zealand’s Ministry of Health, the
World Health Organisation and
other groups for infants from six
months of age as an excellent
food. The researchers believe this
finding about allergy protection
in infants eating yoghurt may
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