Providers Voice Spring/Summer 2014 | Page 6

FROM THE NUTRITIONIST Christine Twait, Director of Nutrition Education NEW Recommendations for Introducing Highly Allergic Foods Important new research has been completed on when to introduce foods with a high potential for an allergic reaction. Conventional wisdom, and the recommendations of most pediatricians, was to delay exposing children to the top eight potential food allergens, which combined account for 90% of