In response to milk elimination

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Interestingly enough prior to May 18th 2007 there was only one parent who's

child had a milk allergy in this group as only 2 % of children have a true milk

allergy and most of that 2% outgrow that by 5 years old.

Milk in just about 100% of the cases has nothing to do with speech impairments

or the majority of us would have had to pull our children off milk for them to

progress and that's not the case for the past decade. You can check the archives

or ask at a support meeting. There are those parents that go to extremes and

sometimes we have to -but not all have to...and certainly extreme shouldn't be

the first thing one tries with a " late talker "

For those that don't know -here are the side effects of a " trying " a milk and/or

all dairy elimination diet. It's a lot to read but in short -the side effects

are far worse than apraxia in my opinion...because one can overcome apraxia. And

according to research by Dr. Price the only way to obtain optimal health without

dairy is to chew " soft ends of long bones " and use " the shafts and other bones

in soups "

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.

Copyright � 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel

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Only pull your child off milk if it's under a doctor's care

and because your child is allergic which is rare.

" 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. "

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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/

" 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 Proce

> 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/

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