Allergies in the Family? Consider Passing on the Peanut Butter

A new study says that regular consumption of nuts during pregnancy raises the odds of having an asthmatic child by almost 50 percent! Yet another reason I wish I had refrained. Still, it's too soon to recommend a full-on nut ban. Says one researcher: "The associations we found are pretty strong, only we are the first to find these effects, so they need to be confirmed by other studies before recommending the avoidance of peanuts and nuts during pregnancy."