New Study Says Infants Exposed to Pets May Develop Fewer Food Allergies. As if you needed another reason to snuggle some puppies! allergiesinkids kidsandpets
discovered what many parents have suspected all along. Children who are exposed to indoor dogs or cats during fetal development and infancy have lesser incidence of food allergies.
The study, which followed more than 66,000 children from Japan, looked at a range of children and their living environments, found that pet-free homes rendered children with the most allergies. Roughly 22% of children studied were exposed to dogs or cats during fetal development. Those children had a significantly reduced risk of food allergies until three years old. Exposure to indoor dogs was found to reduce the occurrence of milk, egg and nut allergies. Exposure to indoor cats was found to reduce the occurrence of egg, soy and wheat allergies.pet ownership though and resulted in some very surprising findings.
Of course, this means any correlation between indoor pet exposure and future food allergies could depend on the species and food. The authors of the study caution that the exact mechanism or trigger for the added allergy protection remains unknown, but it seems promising. And this isn't the only study suggesting that pets have a protective effect on infant and child allergies.
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