Preventie van allergie: Een illusie

The recommendation that babies with a familial predisposition for allergic diseases be given hypoallergenic baby food is based on studies that were insufficiently blinded. The prevention of allergic sensitisation in the long term has never been demonstrated. Exposure to allergens is not the determining factor in the development of allergic diseases. It is probable that only the mild forms of eczema are to a certain extent delayed. For the time being, therefore, the prevention of allergy is an illusion.