Feeding fur animals helps children reduce their risk of obesity and allergies

According to a latest study by Canadian scientists, raising a hairy pet in the family will help prevent fat and allergies in young children throughout life.

The ScienceAlert page leads the latest research from scientists at the university. Alberta, Canada said that babies in families with pets will avoid future obesity and allergies. Families with pets often have a high level of Ruminococcus and Oscillospira , these two bacteria have a great relationship to allergies and obesity of young children. Even these bacteria can pass to babies right from the womb.

In other words, the presence of domestic fur animals has a very good impact on the intestinal microflora of children.

The presence of domestic fur animals has a very good impact on the intestinal microflora of children.

Child epidemiologist, Anita Kozyrskyj, comes from the university. Alberta, Canada, said the team analyzed stool samples from 746 newborns from the Center for Child Health Care (Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development - CHILD). Mothers participating in this study had a gestation period between 2009 and 2012.

More than half of babies in this experimental group have been exposed to at least one pet in the family since they were still in the womb or after birth, with 70% of them being dogs.

When examining fecal samples from these children, and comparing them with other samples from other children who do not live with pets, the study found that the levels of Ruminococcus and Oscillospira are beneficial in The child living with the pet is significantly larger.

Even Kozyrskyj said, the amount of bacteria has doubled compared to normal when there are pets in the house.

Pets have previously been confirmed to be beneficial for the development of autistic children.

This is one of the latest evidence that early exposure to a small number of beneficial bacteria helps young children less affected by future allergies such as asthma, thanks to the immune mechanism. start right from the early stages.

Pets have previously been confirmed to be beneficial for the development of autistic children, reducing anxiety and stress in children, and even providing gut microorganisms. Kozyrskyj believes that, based on research, scientists can understand how to apply beneficial traits of hairy species to human health.

The research has also been published in the Microbiome scientific journal in early April.