<p> A new study shows that the children of women who regularly ate peanuts or tree nuts during pregnancy appear to be at lower risk for nut allergies than other kids. Can we expect to see a sales rise in the nut category?<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> The study, which appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests that the effect was the strongest in women who ate upwards of around five or more servings of peanuts or tree nuts per week.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> According to CNN, while earlier studies suggested that nut consumption during pregnancy either had no effect or actually raised the risk of allergies in children, the authors of this latest study say that those studies were based on less reliable data and conflict with more recent research. Research now indicates that early exposure to nuts can actually reduce the risk of developing allergies to them.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Dr. Michael Young, lead author of the study, says that more research will come out in 2014 assessing the impact of infant diets on nut allergies. However, while his team has no basis for recommending diets, they see no reason for pregnant women to limit their diets to prevent allergies in children.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/23/health/nut-allergy-study" target="_new"> CNN </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
