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Moms Need Advice on Diet and Nutrition During Breastfeeding by Angela Mohan on March 5, 2021 at 12:06 PM
Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. We found that guidance from healthcare practitioners for breastfeeding mothers in this situation was inconsistent, says Hannah Wangberg, MD, ACAAI member and lead author of the study. Of the 133 mothers who completed the survey, 43% were advised to continue breastfeeding without dietary restriction and 17% were advised to avoid eating the food(s) their child was allergic to while breastfeeding. A minority of the mothers (12%) reported their child experienced an allergic reaction to breast milk.
When mothers in the survey were asked if they had received conflicting advice from their healthcare providers on what they should or should not eat while breastfeeding their food allergic child, more than 30% said they had received conflicting advice.