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Preventing Food Allergies in Infants: Current Recommendations

October 6, 2010

Recommendations around when to introduce highly allergenic foods to the infant diet have changed in recent years, as researchers continue to explore the relationship between complementary feeding and food allergy development. This area of research is a hot topic at the moment as the incidence of food allergies in children continues to rise  - recent [...]

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Food Allergy or Intolerance? A definition.

September 30, 2010

Food allergies are high on the list of concerns for new parents. With the rising incidence of food allergies in children, and in light of many schools and child care centres now going nut free, it is no wonder parents are concerned. The term food allergy however, is often inadvertently misused by parents and physicians [...]

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Is my baby ready for solids?

April 23, 2010

photo credit: Fimb This has to be one of the most common questions high on every parent’s list of concerns when raising a baby. How will I know when my baby is ready for solid foods? Unfortunately there is no set date or time that a baby is ready to commence eating foods in addition [...]

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Nature’s wonderfood: Breastmilk

April 11, 2010

photo credit: ODHD The current recommendations by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is that infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life, with a combination of breastfeeding and complementary foods until 12 months of age. From 12 months on, continued breastfeeding is encouraged to [...]

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