Allergies can be reduced for infants if Pregnant eat more fruits and vegetables

A new study from Japan shows that it is helpful to reduce their infants suffering from some allergies such as eczema and asthma if the pregnant women eat plenty of green and red and yellow vegetables and fruits, or other foods rich in vitamin E.

Doctor from Fukuoka, Japan, along with his colleagues found that if the women eat more green and red and yellow vegetables and fruits during pregnancy, the opportunity of suffering from eczema will be reduced for their infants. Besides, if pregnant women eat more vegetables which are rich in vitamin E, chances of suffering from asthma for the future the baby is relatively low.

The researchers had analyzed 763 pregnancies and obtained these conclusions, the survey content included the intake of vegetables and fruits during pregnancy and their babies’ physical condition after born. In this study, 21% of infants have asthma, less than 19% of the babies have eczema. The researchers found that even taking into account other factors which would cause eczema, women who ate less vegetables and fruits, there were 54 babies suffering from eczema. On the contrary, women with taking more vegetables and fruits, only 32 babies suffering from eczema.

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