Sunlight helps prevent food allergies

Australian researchers say people exposed to the sun may be less likely to be allergic to food and eczema.

The study of 7,600 Australian children showed that children in the southern part of the country are more likely to be eczema and allergic to food than children living in the northern region.

Sunlight helps prevent food allergies

Professor Katie Allen of Murdoch Children's Research Institute and research leader, said the results reinforce the hypothesis that sunlight, more specifically vitamin D, may be a factor affecting the development. Development of food allergies and eczema.

"We know people in Queensland are more exposed to the sun, and the sun produces more vitamin D on your skin ," Herald Sun newspaper quoted Professor Allen as saying.

'The study supports the current hypothesis that the further away you are from the equator, the more likely you are to suffer from food allergies and eczema' , she explained.

Although the Australian team found a link between vitamin D and eczema and food allergies, they have yet to establish a causal relationship between them.