Re: Milk Sensitivity?

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I agree if a child is allergic to milk you have to find alternatives.

There are some that just 'try' to pull children off of milk not realizing that

we have a rise in a new problem this is creating. Below is some current

information on how withholding milk in a growing child without providing

alternative nutrition (which of course I know you would -but just saying for

most) puts the child at risk of growing with weak brittle bones, being short

stature, and obesity. Below is an archive:

" Yet it is possible to attain optimal health without dairy foods.

Price discovered groups using no dairy foods that had complete

resistance to dental decay and chronic disease; their diets

invariably included other rich sources of animal fats, calcium and

other minerals. The soft ends of long bones were commonly chewed, and

the shafts and other bones were used in soups. "

http://www.realmilk.com/healthbenefits.html

" Rice milk and almond milk are less similar to cow's milk than soy or

hemp milk. If rice or almond is a favourite, be sure to not rely on

them for important nutrients like protein or calcium (unless

fortified). No plant milks are suitable for use as infant formula. "

http://vegetarian-issues.suite101.com/article.cfm/nondairy_milk_nutrition

" Dr. Blaylock, a neurosurgeon, with a nutrition practice who is affiliated with

the Weston Price Foundation, writes about this in his books. "

Weston Price started the campaign for " real milk " which is raw

milk.

http://www.realmilk.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHcyAH0rOPE & feature=related

http://www.raw-milk-facts.com/

great pro/con article

http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/01/19/raw_milk/

Even if you don't or can't use raw milk (it's not legal all over) I'd

switch to organic milk -but please don't just pull your growing

children off milk yet. Best thing to do is listen to all sides and do

the research before making a decision.

Below is an archive on how rare milk allergies actually are as well

as some of the research on the rising group of brittle boned

overweight short kids due to parents eliminating milk. Just say no.

Also as Weston Price Foundation points out -the problem may not be

milk or cow's milk -but how it's processed today:

" Approximately 2% of the pediatric

population is affected by cow's milk allergy. Moreover, the condition

tends to be outgrown by 5 years of age. In contrast to cow's milk

allergy, which occurs primarily in infancy and young childhood,

lactose intolerance (symptoms) seldom occurs prior to preadolescence. "

http://www.nationaldairycouncil.org/NationalDairyCouncil/Health/Digest/dcd77-3Pa\

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Pediatric Dermatology

Volume 24 Issue 1 Page 1-6, January/February 2007

Unnecessary Milk Elimination Diets in Children with Atopic Dermatitis

Children were followed up at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. Of the 206

patients...Four patients on the milk-free diet (8.9%), accounting for

2.2% of all patients, were found to be allergic. confirming that this

measure is being applied excessively.

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1525-1470.2007.00323.x

CM allergy alone affects. 1% to 3% [3],

http://www.springerlink.com/content/m8k11mtl7x266804/

Children who avoid drinking cow milk have low dietary calcium intakes

and poor bone health1,2,3

Conclusions: In growing children, long-term avoidance of cow milk is

associated with small stature and poor bone health. This is a major

concern that warrants further study.

The high proportion of overweight and obese children in the present

study was an unexpected finding, particularly because many of the

children had been breast-fed for prolonged periods (44). Because we

did not measure energy balance in our study, we cannot say whether

the high adiposity of these children was due to excessive energy

intakes or to inadequate energy expenditure. It could be that the

milk avoiders were drinking more high-energy substitute fluids, such

as fruit juice or carbonated drinks. Short stature and obesity have

been reported in children who consume excessive amount of fruit juice

(45), although not always (46). Alternatively, the milk avoiders in

the present study may have been less physically active than the

control subjects. Low activity would have affected bone growth

adversely because intermittent weight-bearing exercise is a

critically important stimulus to osteogenesis in prepubertal children

(47–50). Another possible mechanism contributing to the high

adiposity we observed in the milk avoiders was that their high body

weights were linked to their low calcium intakes. Recent studies

suggest that low dietary calcium intakes can stimulate lipogenesis

and inhibit lipolysis simultaneously, resulting in the accumulation

of body fat (51–54).

In summary, our study of young male and female prepubertal children

with a long history of avoiding cow-milk consumption has identified

major problems in bone health (eg, small bones, low aBMD and

volumetric BMAD, and a high prevalence of bone fractures) that many

health professionals and members of the general public appear to be

unaware of. Short stature and high adiposity were other health

concerns. Ideally, a full dietary assessment of children who avoid

milk consumption seems warranted to help identify possible

nutritional deficiencies or excesses. Future studies of bone health

in larger populations of children who avoid the consumption of cow

milk are desirable to confirm our findings and to determine whether

the problems associated with this dietary pattern resolve as the

children grow (4). In the interim it seems prudent to advise parents

of all children who do not drink cow milk that they should seek

professional nutritional advice to help optimize their children's

bone health.

Key Words: Dietary calcium • bone density • milk avoidance •

children • obesity • fractures • cow milk allergy • New Zealand

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/76/3/675

Multiple Bone Fractures in an 8-Year-Old Child with Cow's Milk

Allergy and Inappropriate Calcium Supplementation

Giovanna Montia, Valentina Libanorea, Letizia Marinaroa, o

Lalab, o Minieroa, Francesco Savinoa

aFood Allergy Service, Department of Pediatric and Adolescence

Science, and

bDivision of Pediatric Endocrinology, Regina Margherita Children's

Hospital, Turin, Italy

Abstract

The case of an 8-year-old boy with severe bone mass reduction and 4

fractures as a result of an unsupervised diet established to treat

cow's milk allergy is presented. Endocrine, genetic and orthopedic

pathologies were excluded. While vitamin D intake had always been

appropriate, his calcium intake had been inadequate for many years.

This clinical report suggests that both vitamin D and calcium

supplementation are necessary when a cow's milk protein-free diet is

prescribed, even when a hypo- or non-allergenic formula is provided.

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[Guest guest]

my daughter has always been very constipated and we switched her milk from cow's

to goat's milk with great results!  the protien in the goat's is a different

kind of casien and it is much closer to human breast milk.  some kids can

tolerate this better and mine was one of them.  I like that she is still

getting a natural fat.

[Guest guest]

I am goign to take this to heart and test it out on my middle son. I've had

him into a gastro. He is constantly going, way more than normal. I'm

wondering if milk might be a factor.

[ ] Milk Sensitivity?

I know I dont post on this board very often but I surely do keep up on all the

new progress everyone has been making! I am so thankful to know that there are

others out there that face some of the same obstacles... so thank you all....

I'd like to apporach the topic of milk sensitivity...

My oldest son is 3, with mild apraxia and my youngest is 15 mos with severe

chronic constipation. The thought originated with Owen, the younges. Being a

nutrition major our class was focusing on food allergies and sensitivitys. In

almost any literature available sensitivities are associated with diarrahea. We

have certainly never had a problem in that department. Lets just say the

opposite runs (or doesnt 'run') in the family. Doing some research I found that

just in the last couple years there have been studys done that link constipation

with milk protien/ caesin.

Lets just say Owen gets his genes from me... being very hesitant to take such a

young toddler off of milk, I volunteered to try going milk-free first. It only

took 3 days for things to start running smoothly for the first time since I was

born! Then it was Owen's turn... We use almond milk as a replacement because

it's fortified - but it doesnt contain complete protien, so getting used to

having to plan and portion meals was a tad bumpy but it went great. He went from

having to take miralax 2 X a day to none at all AND no straining what-so-ever!

Things have been going smoothly (except for the day after we had icecream) for

about 2 weeks now!

This is my line of thought - and this is just in retrospect...

Gage also struggled with constipation early on, not nearly as bad but still

suppository city. And come to think about it, his speach has improved

drastically in the last 6 months right around the time he graduate from carrying

around a milk sippy all day to monitored cup and straw. Plus he started

requesting juice which really cut down on milk intake. At that point he was just

getting his 16 oz a day and not much more. (its amazing how much my kids like

ultra-diluted juice!) So could he be suffering negative effects of milk protien

sensitivity?

According to some research i've done it can cause a wide range of sympotms

including headache, nasal stuffyness, depression, anxiety, ADD/ADHD-like,

Autistic-like symptoms, sleep interruption, poor sleep habits, diarrahea,

failure to gain weight, and most recently the constipation.

Heck, early on i had accepted that Gage might very well be autistic. He refused

to make eye contact, he didnt and had no interest in talking, and priamarily

preferred to be alone. His first speech therapist agreed that further testing

may be necessary.

Maybe it's all a fluke. Like i said, at the time i didnt pay attention to his

milk intake and the influence on his behavior. But I have taken him off of milk

for the last 2 weeks as well and have seen positive changes in his

focus/concentration and listening skills.

Mainly I wanted to share my story, but i aslo wonder if anyone else can

relate...