New research further supports the link between a mother's diet during pregnancy and her child's risk of developing allergies, reports Medical News Today in Mother's Diet Influences Baby's Allergies.

Published in The Journal of Physiology, the research found specifically that if a mother's diet includes a particular category of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), these ‘ improve how gut immune cells respond to bacteria and foreign substances, making the baby less likely to suffer from allergies.’ These PUFAs can be found in foods such as fish, walnut oil, and flaxseed.

Previous findings have linked fish and walnut oil supplementation during pregnancy with a child's likelihood to develop allergies. What makes this research different is the discovery of how this supplementation works to minimize allergies.

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