| "body"> | | | | In August 1994 in the report, "A Prospective Study |
| If you think you are doing yourself and your infant a | | | | of Humoral Immune Response to Cow Milk Antigens |
| favor by feeding them formula, think again! Medical | | | | in the First Year of Life" in |
| experts are starting to come out and speak out | | | | Pediatric-Allergy-Immunology, the following statement |
| against dairy for infants. Babies need mother's milk | | | | is written: |
| not cow's milk! After all, you are raising a baby, not a | | | | "Formula-fed babies, at the age of three months, |
| calf. The following excerpts support the truth that | | | | were secreting low levels of serum antibodies to |
| cow's milk is unfit for human consumption. | | | | bovine proteins contained in their formula." |
| In the Townsend Medical Letter dated May 1995, | | | | In the same periodical in the same month, the article |
| Julie Klotter, M.D. writes: | | | | titled "Epidemiological and Immunological Aspects of |
| "In reality, cow's milk, especially processed cow's milk, | | | | Cow's Milk Protein ALLERGY and Intolerance in |
| has been linked to a variety of health problems, | | | | Infancy" states: |
| including: mucous production, hemoglobin loss, | | | | "Most formula fed infants developed symptoms of |
| childhood diabetes, heart disease, atherosclerosis, | | | | ALLERGIC rejection to cow milk proteins before one |
| arthritis, kidney stones, mood swings, depression, | | | | month of age. About 50-70% experienced rashes or |
| irritability, ALLERGIES." | | | | other skin symptoms, 50-60 percent gastrointestinal |
| And Nathaniel Mead, M.D. wrote in Natural Health in | | | | symptoms, and 20-30 percent respiratory symptoms. |
| July 1994: | | | | The recommended therapy is to avoid cow's milk." |
| "At least 50% of all children in the United States are | | | | So, by eliminating dairy products in the diet of an |
| allergic to cow's milk, many undiagnosed. Dairy | | | | infant can prevent many allergies for these children. |
| products are the leading cause of food allergy, often | | | | Dairy at a young age could be the trigger for allergies |
| revealed by diarrhea, constipation, and fatigue. Many | | | | later in life. Humans are not meant to digest cow's |
| cases of asthma and sinus infections are reported to | | | | milk and these studies bear that out. |
| be relieved and even eliminated by cutting out dairy." | | | | |