Unlike the conclusions of the revised Cochrane review the export group set up by the Section on Paediatrics , European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology ( SP-EAACI ) do not find that the exclusion of the four trials dem and s a change of the previous recommendations regarding primary dietary prevention of allergic diseases .
Based on analysis of published peer- review ed observational and interventional studies the results still indicate that breastfeeding is highly recommended for all infants irrespective of atopic heredity .
A dietary regimen is effective in the prevention of allergic diseases in high-risk infants , particularly in early infancy regarding food allergy and eczema .
The most effective dietary regimen is exclusively breastfeeding for at least 4 - 6 months or , in absence of breast milk , formulas with documented reduced allergenicity for at least the first 4 months , combined with avoidance of solid food and cow 's milk for the first 4 months
Allergy prevention by maternal elimination diet during late pregnancy--a 5-year follow-up of a randomized study.
The 209 mothers to be , enrolled in a r and omized , prospect i ve , allergy-prevention study from allergy-prone families , totally abstained from cow 's milk and egg  from gestational week 28 to delivery . This article presents the development of allergic disease at 5 years of age in their children , compared with the development of allergic disease in the children of the control mothers who took normal food throughout pregnancy . The prevalence of allergic disease could be evaluated in 198 children ( 95 % ) .  Allergic disease was monitored with  question naires , skin prick testing , serum-IgE determinations , and physical examination . Eczema , allergic rhinoconjunctivitis , and asthma was equally common in the groups . Persistent food intolerance to egg was significantly more common in children of the mothers receiving the diet . This long-term follow-up confirms our previous findings that maternal elimination diet during late pregnancy does not prevent the development of allergic disease in the genetically predisposed child
Unlike the conclusions of the revised Cochrane review the export group set up by the Section on Paediatrics , European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology ( SP-EAACI ) do not find that the exclusion of the four trials dem and s a change of the previous recommendations regarding primary dietary prevention of allergic diseases .
Based on analysis of published peer- review ed observational and interventional studies the results still indicate that breastfeeding is highly recommended for all infants irrespective of atopic heredity .
A dietary regimen is effective in the prevention of allergic diseases in high-risk infants , particularly in early infancy regarding food allergy and eczema .
The most effective dietary regimen is exclusively breastfeeding for at least 4 - 6 months or , in absence of breast milk , formulas with documented reduced allergenicity for at least the first 4 months , combined with avoidance of solid food and cow 's milk for the first 4 months