Atopic dermatitis in breast-fed infants- coffee, chocolate, fermented foods

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Interesting. (From Allergy Digest newsletter)

Aggravation of atopic dermatitis in breast-fed infants by tree nut-related

foods and fermented foods in breast milk.

Ninety-two exclusively breast-fed Japanese infants with atopic dermatitis

were studied to see whether tree nut-related foods (chocolate and coffee)

and fermented foods (cheese, yogurt, bread, soy sauce, miso soup and

fermented soy beans) eaten by their mothers affected their skin condition. Of

the

92 infants, 67 (73%) showed improvement of skin lesions when their mothers

avoided these foods and showed aggravation of skin lesions when these foods

were reintroduced. The predominant offending foods were chocolate, yogurt,

soy sauce and miso soup. A long-term maternal exclusion of the trigger

foods brought about progressive improvement of skin lesions in the majority of

the infants. These findings suggest that tree nut-related foods and

fermented foods are important offending foods of atopic dermatitis in

breast-fed

infants.

Uenishi T, Sugiura H, Tanaka T, Uehara M.

Aggravation of atopic dermatitis in breast-fed infants by tree nut-related

foods and fermented foods in breast milk.

J Dermatol 2011 Feb;38(2):140-5.

Jan Patenaude, RD, CLT

Director of Medical Nutrition

Signet Diagnostic Corp.

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