Peanut Butter?

[PILKY]

My lo was 9 months old and reacted badly to it. We had to dash to a&e and we now have to carry epi-pens. No nut allergies in either side of the family.

 

[MrsEngland]

She was about 15 months I think, my mum accidently gave her cake with nuts in and she was fine so I figured she'd be fine

There's also no nut allergies in our family so there was no reason to expect her to have one. Personally I wouldn't give it before a year and I know some people who won't give it before 2.

 

[Logan's Mum]

I gave it to Bear a year or so ago I think. I wasn't worried about allergies, it was the high fat/calorie content that stopped me. He loves it!

 

[LauraBee]

Just a note in addition to my previous post - spoke to FOB toay and it turned out that he was just referring to her egg allergy as being inherited from him, he doesn't have anyone on his side that's allergic to peanuts either, so I have no idea where she got that medical issue from.

 

[special_kala]

6 months

 

[hanelei]

7 months- no allergies here and I see they are now saying that waiting may not be beneficial at all. I did make sure it was at a time when our doctor's clinic was open though, since it's just a minute's walk down the road.

 

[Palestrina]

I gave it to Bear a year or so ago I think. I wasn't worried about allergies, it was the high fat/calorie content that stopped me. He loves it!

Oh, but it's healthy fat! Here's a blurb of some nutrition benefits, the whole article can be found at: https://www.nutrition-and-you.com/peanuts.html

Health benefits of Peanuts

Peanuts are rich in energy and contain many health benefiting nutrients, minerals, antioxidants and vitamins that are essential for optimum health.

They are especially, rich in mono-unsaturated fatty acids like oleic acids that help to lower LDL or "bad cholesterol" and increase HDL or "good cholesterol". Research studies suggest that Mediterranean diet, which is rich in monounsaturated fatty acids helps to prevent coronary artery disease and strokes by favoring healthy blood lipid profile.

These nuts are good source of dietary protein compose fine quality amino acids that are essential for growth and development.

Research studies have shown that peanuts contain high concentrations of poly-phenolic antioxidants, primarily in p-coumaric acid, which is believed to reduce the risk of stomach cancer by reducing the formation of carcinogenic nitrosamines.

Peanuts are excellent source of resveratrol, another polyphenol antioxidant, which has been found to have protective function against cancers, heart disease, degenerative nerve disease, Alzheimer's disease, and viral/fungal infections.

Studies suggests that resveratrol reduces stroke risk by alteration of molecular mechanisms in blood vessels (reducing susceptibility to vascular damage through decreased activity of angiotensin, a systemic hormone causing blood vessel constriction that would elevate blood pressure) and by increasing production of the vasodilator hormone, nitric oxide.

Recent research studies suggest that boiling enhances antioxidant concentration in the peanuts. It has been found that boiled peanuts have two and four fold increase in isoflavone antioxidants biochanin A and genistein content, respectively. (Journal of agricultural and food chemistry).

The nuts are an excellent source of vitamin E (a-tocopherol); containing about 8 g per100 g. vitamin E is a powerful lipid soluble antioxidant which helps maintain the integrity of cell membrane of mucus membranes and skin by protecting from harmful oxygen free radicals.

The nuts are packed with many important B-complex groups of vitamins such as riboflavin, niacin, thiamin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B-6, and folates. 100 g of peanuts provide about 85% of RDI of niacin, which contribute to brain health and blood flow to brain.

The nuts are rich source of minerals like copper, manganese, potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, and selenium.

Just a hand full of peanuts per day provides enough recommended levels of phenolic anti-oxidants, minerals, vitamins, and protein.