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Baars, Prof Dr Ton; Jahreis, Prof Dr Gerhard. |
Allergy in human populations is increasing due to modern lifestyle. Farm children and children with an anthroposophic lifestyle showed less allergic symptoms. This article describes the modern insights about nowadays nutrition and lifestyle factors impacting on the development of allergies and the research done in the 1920s about the health status of indigenous people and their eating behaviour. Many epidemiological studies mention the quality of farm milk, raw milk and milk fat as important factors to reduce the risk of allergies. It is explained why and how a high-quality milk fat in terms of conjugated linolenic acid and omega-3 long-chain fatty acids are influencing the cell physiology. These new insights will affect future strategies of... |
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Feeding and growth. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/14108/1/Baars_14108.pdf |