{"id":88096,"date":"2013-05-06T14:17:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T19:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=88096"},"modified":"2013-05-06T14:17:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T19:17:51","slug":"sucking-on-your-babys-pacifier-may-prevent-allergies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/sucking-on-your-babys-pacifier-may-prevent-allergies\/","title":{"rendered":"Sucking on Your Baby&#8217;s Pacifier May Prevent Allergies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88099\" alt=\"Pacifier\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Dudepacifier.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Dudepacifier.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Dudepacifier-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sucking on your child&#8217;s pacifier to clean it <\/strong>may reduce their risk of developing allergies like asthma and eczema, according to a study at Queen Silvia Children&#8217;s Hospital in Sweden.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>18-month-old children whose parents cleaned their pacifiers with their own mouths<\/strong> had less likelihood of developing allergies than children whose parents cleaned their pacifiers with tap or boiling water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Exposure of the infant to parental saliva might accelerate development of complex oral\/pharyngeal microbiota that<\/strong>\u2026might beneficially affect tolerogenic handling of antigens by the oral\/pharyngeal lymphoid tissues,&#8221; study conductor Bill Hesselmar, MD, PhD, wrote.<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The study also found that children who were delivered vaginally<\/strong>\u2014a process which transfers beneficial bacteria from mother to infant\u2014led to &#8220;microbial stimulation,&#8221; which stymied allergy development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In an unrelated study, the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Imumunology found that <strong>pregnant women on the Mediterranean Diet reduced the risk of their child developing asthma symptoms by 80 percent.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Get More Information at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/AllergyImmunology\/Allergy\/38888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">MedPage Today<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/01\/06\/us-can-diet-protect-against-asthma-idUSTRE70554620110106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Reuters Health<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>Today in Pediatrics: Parents who use their own saliva to clean a pacifier may reduce baby&#8217;s allergy risk <a title=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/kKzjI\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/IIRNOK0rCc\">ow.ly\/kKzjI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amer Acad Pediatrics (@AmerAcadPeds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmerAcadPeds\/status\/331430518010814465\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>So, the ol&#8217; spit clean works eh? What sayeth you, parents? <a title=\"http:\/\/blog.sfgate.com\/sfmoms\/2013\/05\/06\/study-spit-cleaning-your-babys-pacifier-might-reduce-allergy-risk\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/WFT2nzXLLu\">blog.sfgate.com\/sfmoms\/2026\/05\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Courtney Lewis (@COURTNEYKCTV5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/COURTNEYKCTV5\/status\/331435383319572480\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>I totally do this. Vindicated! RT @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jezebel\">jezebel<\/a>: Too lazy to wash your kid&#8217;s pacifier? Just lick it clean, it&#8217;s cool <a title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/18NwRtk\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/gvg5RYGNMo\">bit.ly\/18NwRtk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Natasha Gardner (@natashajgardner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/natashajgardner\/status\/331444431964233728\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>Would u try this with your babies pacifier? Effective or gross? NPR <a title=\"http:\/\/buff.ly\/10glfA1\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Wudd83Pl6q\">buff.ly\/10glfA1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sharon Vinderine (@PTPASharon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTPASharon\/status\/331438761542029312\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>A new study finds a possible health benefit to sucking on your kid&#8217;s pacifier&#8230; <a title=\"http:\/\/huff.to\/16N4Oha\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/TUmEOvGIHz\">huff.to\/16N4Oha<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HuffPost Parents (@HuffPostParents) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HuffPostParents\/status\/331445841837576192\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sucking on your child&#8217;s pacifier to clean it may reduce their risk of developing allergies like asthma and eczema, according to a study at Queen Silvia Children&#8217;s Hospital in Sweden. 18-month-old children whose parents cleaned their pacifiers with their own &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/sucking-on-your-babys-pacifier-may-prevent-allergies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1367],"tags":[6566,10593,1726,4318,10594,10592],"class_list":["post-88096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childrens-health","tag-allergies","tag-allergy","tag-asthma","tag-healthy-baby","tag-infant-health","tag-pacifier"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88096"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88102,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88096\/revisions\/88102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}