Eczema linked to food allergies: Study

(NaturalNews) Although it's been well established that eczema and allergic skin disorders involve food allergies, a UK research team from King's College London did some research to determine the role of the skin's immunity.

They determined that skin barrier defects, such as eczema itself, determine and even cause food allergies instead of food allergies causing skin barrier defects.

This conclusion, which seems like the cart is pushing the horse instead of the horse is pulling the cart, is challenged later in this article.

The King's College Study

The researchers analyzed results of over 600 three-month old infants that were exclusively breast fed from an ongoing study called EAT (Enquiring About Tolerance), a clever acronym that works well with the British version of inquiring.

By skin testing after screening for genes considered conducive for eczema outbreaks, they determined that impaired skin barrier infants were six times more likely to be sensitive to eggs, cow's milk, and peanuts than healthy infants, regardless of genetic predisposition.

Since the infants had not been fed solids yet and were all breast-fed, which is considered ideal for conferring infant immunity, they suggested that immune cells in the skin, not the gut, play a crucial role with food sensitivities. [1]

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