Camel milk??

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Has dr Goldberg (or other docs) ever mention or recommend camel milk? -

not sure if it is available in the West at all now - it wasn’t a year or so

ago when I first looked...

Natasa

Xi Bao Yu Fen Zi Mian Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2009 May;25(5):431-3.

[The influences of camel milk on the immune response of chronic

hepatitis B patients.]

[Article in Chinese] Saltanat H, Li H, Xu Y, Wang J, Liu F, Geng XH.

The Clinical Laboratory of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang

Medical University, Urumqi 830028, China.

AIM: To investigate the influences of camel milk on the immune response

of the chronic hepatitis B patients and its possible mechanism. METHODS:

After drinking camel milk for one year, 44 chronic hepatitis B patients were

observed and the HBV-DNA, hepatitis B virus markers, ALT, IL-4 and INF-gamma

levels in serum were detected. 60 chronic hepatitis B patients without any

interventions for 1 year were taken as control. RESULTS: The level of

Th1-type cytokine IFN-gamma in camel milk drinking group was significantly

higher than that in the non-drinking camel milk group (P<0.05), however, the

level of Th2-type cytokines IL-4 in camel milk drinking group was

significantly lower than that in the non-drinking camel milk group (P<0.01).

Both IFN-gamma and IL-4 levels in camel milk drinking group were near to

those in the normal control group. The HBV-DNA negative rate of the camel

milk drinking group (90.91%) was significantly higher than that of the

non-drinking group (3.23%) (P<0.01). The HBsAg negative rates of the camel

milk drinking group (54.55%) was also higher than that of the non-drinking

group (1.61%)(P<0.01).The ALT level of 44 cases in the camel milk drinking

group (100%)and 7 cases in the non-drinking group(11.29%) turned back to the

normal level, there was a significant difference between the two group

(P<0.01). CONCLUSION: Camel milk regulates the expression of Th1/Th2-type

cytokines, and corrects the imbalance of Th1/Th2 cytokine network, which

could strengthen the cellular immune response, inhibit the replication of

virus DNA, and promote the recovery of the chronic hepatitis B patients.

PMID: 19426601

Isr Med Assoc J. 2005 Dec;7(12):796-8.L

Camel milk for food allergies in children.

Shabo Y, Barzel R, Margoulis M, Yagil R. Department of Family

Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,

Beer Sheva, Israel. BACKGROUND: Food allergies in children are often very

serious and can lead to anaphylactic reactions. Observations that camel milk

ameliorates allergic reactions were noted over the years. The effect of

camel milk is probably related to its special composition. OBJECTIVES: To

investigate the effect of camel milk in several children with severe food

(mainly milk) allergies. METHODS: We studied eight children with food

allergies who did not benefit from conventional treatment. Their parents, or

their physicians, decided to try camel milk as a last resort. The parents

were advised by the authors - who have considerable experience with the use

of camel milk - regarding how much and when the children should drink the

milk. The parents reported daily on the progress of their children. RESULTS:

All eight children in this study reacted well to the milk and recovered

fully from their allergies. CONCLUSIONS: These encouraging results should be

validated by large-scale clinical trials.

PMID: 16382703

Full text http://tinyurl.com/lxjkj4

Healing Thresholds - Scientific Evidence Source: International Journal of

Human Development, Volume 4, Issue 2, p.67-70 (2005)

Layperson Summary: Camel milk does not have casein and may be an effective

treatment for autism. This article describes people with autism who were

given camel milk instead of cow milk. One 4-year old girl drank camel milk

for 40 days and her autism symptoms disappeared. A 15-year old boy recovered

from autism after 30 days of drinking camel milk. Several 21-year old

individuals with autism were given camel milk for two weeks and they became

quieter and stopped hurting themselves. The authors conclude by suggesting

that camel milk be drunk under a doctor'€™s care.

Scientific Abstract

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J Med Food. 2009 Apr;12(2):461-5.

Camel milk as an adjuvant therapy for the treatment of type 1 diabetes:

verification of a traditional ethnomedical practice.

Mohamad RH, Zekry ZK, Al-Mehdar HA, Salama O, El-Shaieb SE, El-Basmy AA,

Al-said MG, Sharawy SM. Cancer Biology Department, National Cancer

Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. ragaa_hosny2@...

There is a traditional belief in the Middle East that regular

consumption of camel milk may aid in prevention and control of diabetes. The

aim of this work was to evaluate the efficacy of camel milk as an adjuvant

therapy in young type 1 diabetics. This 16-week randomized study enrolled 54

type 1 diabetic patients (average age 20 years) selected from those

attending the outpatient diabetes clinic of the Menofia University Hospital,

affiliated with Egypt's National Cancer Institute. Subjects were randomly

divided into two groups of 27 patients: one received usual management (diet,

exercise, and insulin), whereas the other received 500 mL of camel milk

daily in addition to standard management. A control group of 10 healthy

subjects was also assessed. The following parameters were evaluated at

baseline and at 4 and 16 weeks: hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), human C-peptide,

lipid profile, serum insulin, anti-insulin antibodies, creatinine clearance,

albumin in 24-hour urine, body mass index, and Diabetes Quality of Life

score. The following parameters were significantly different between the

usual-management group versus the camel milk group after 16 weeks: fasting

blood sugar (227.2 +/- 17.7 vs. 98.9 +/- 16.2 mg/dL), HbA1c (9.59 +/-

2.05[%] vs. 7.16 +/- 1.84[%]), serum anti-insulin antibodies (26.20 +/- 7.69

vs. 20.92 +/- 5.45 microU/mL), urinary albumin excretion (25.17 +/- 5.43 vs.

14.54 +/- 5.62 mg/dL/24 hours), daily insulin dose (48.1 +/- 6.95 vs. 23 +/-

4.05 units), and body mass index (18.43 +/- 3.59 vs. 24.3 +/- 2.95 kg/m(2)).

Most notably, C-peptide levels were markedly higher in the camel milk group

(0.28 +/- 0.6 vs. 2.30 +/- 0.51 pmol/mL). These results suggest that, as an

adjunct to standard management, daily ingestion of camel milk can aid

metabolic control in young type 1 diabetics, at least in part by boosting

endogenous insulin secretion. PMID: 19459752

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