Substance That Protects Farm Children From Developing Allergies and Asthma Later In Life Identified

That beneficial substance identified is the plant sugar molecule arabinogalactan . It has been well known for some time that children who grow up on farms are less prone to allergies and allergic asthma. However, just what it is that protects them remained a riddle for a long time until now. European researchers collected and analyzed stable dust from diverse farms in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. What they found was arabinogalactan, a large sugar molecule, prevented excessive alertne…

7/20/2010 0

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Kids Who Eat Fish and/or Live On a Farm At Less Risk of Allergies Later in Life!

Researchers in Germany who have followed thousands of families with children have discovered that children who eat fish before the age of 9 months had less allergies 4.5 years later than children who did not eat fish at the same age. Furthermore, they found that school-age kids living on/near a farm were two-thirds less likely to suffer from hay fever or asthma than children with no exposure to a farm. These studies will be published soon. Read the media report here . Our office provid…

6/09/2010 0

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