exclusion of dietary egg and milk in the management of Asthma

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This is a repost re diet changes. For a while there,

everyone was so sure that gluten and dairy were having

an opiod effect on the brain in kids with autism.

This post may not seem so related, but I'll also

repost another discussion between diet and the opiod

theory that was presented and everyone faithfully

believed, but turns out to still go back to the immune

system and immune responses to foods. There are other

abstracts I'll look for, like the effects of IgG food

reactions on cytokines...

I'll have to find and repost quite a few of these to

give the big picture. But I'm just trying to show how

things may seem to be related to one thing when it is

not:

J R Soc Health. 2004 Mar;124(2):74-80.

The effects of exclusion of dietary egg and milk in

the management of

asthmatic children: a pilot study.

Yusoff NA, Hampton SM, Dickerson JW, JB.

Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of

Allied Health Sciences,

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul

Aziz, 50300 Kuala

Lumpur, Malaysia.

Current understanding of the use of exclusion diets in

the management of

asthma in children is limited and controversial.

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of

excluding eggs and milk

on the occurrence of symptoms in children with asthma

and involved 22

children aged between three and 14 years clinically

diagnosed as having mild

to moderate disease.

The investigation was single blind and prospective,

and parents were given

the option of volunteering to join the 'experiment'

group, avoiding eggs,

milk and their products for eight weeks, or the

'control' group, who

consumed their customary food. Thirteen children were

recruited to the

experimental group and nine to the control group.

A trained paediatrician at the beginning and end of

the study period

assessed the children. A seven-day assessment of food

intake was made

before, during and immediately after the period of

dietary intervention in

both groups.

A blood sample was taken from each child for

determination of food specific

antibodies and in those children who could do so, the

peak expiratory flow

rate (PEFR) was measured. Based on the recommended

nutrient intake (RNI),

the mean percentage energy intake of the children in

the experimental group

was significantly lower (p < 0.05) in the experimental

group.

After the eight-week study period and compared with

baseline values, the

mean serum anti-ovalbumin IgG and anti-beta

lactoglobulin IgG concentrations

were statistically significantly reduced (p < 0.05)

for both in the

experimental group. In contrast, the values for

anti-ovalbumin IgG in the

control group were significantly increased and those

for anti-beta

lactoglobulin IgG were practically unchanged. The

total IgE values were

unchanged in both groups.

Over the study period, the PEFR in those children in

the experimental group

able to perform the test was significantly increased,

but no such change was

noted in the children in the control group who could

do the test.

These results suggest that even over the short time

period of eight weeks,

an egg- and milk-free diet can reduce atopic symptoms

and improve lung

function in asthmatic children.

Publication Types:

Clinical Trial

PMID: 15067979 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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