CONSTIPATE YOUR BABY? (HINT) GOT MILK? Scientists at the University of Palermo discovered that constipation symptoms returned to a controlled group of infants 48 to 72 hours after they were placed on a regimen of cow's milk proteins. Their determination was that chronic constipation in infants has an allergenic pathogenesis. This study was published in the January, 1995 issue of the Journal of Pediatrics. Researchers at the Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tampere, Finland, discovered that diet has a significant effect on the developing immune system. They observed that formula fed babies, at the age of 3 months, were secreting low levels of serum antibodies to bovine proteins contained in their formula. This critically significant evidence was published in the August, 1994 issue of the Journal of Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology. How do pediatricians miss these important studies? One wonders if the dairy industry looks the other way when they are presented with such evidence. The infant suffers, and the mother is the last to know why. SCIENCE IGNORE SYMPTOMS AND CLUES FDA believes that the above two studies are not possible because, in theory, these powerful proteins are destroyed by digestive processes. Message to FDA: Milk proteins survive digestion. Doctors at the Department of Pediatrics, Odense University Hospital in Denmark noted that most formula fed infants developed symptoms of allergic rejection to cow milk proteins before one month of age. The majority of infants tested had two or more symptoms. About 50-70 percent experienced rashes or other skin symptoms, 50-60 percent gastrointestinal symptoms, and 20-30 percent respiratory symptoms. AFTER NOTING THE MILK CONNECTION, SCIENTISTS RECOMMEND: The recommended therapy for constipation by these researchers was to avoid cow's milk and milk-based formula. __________________________________________________ Robert Cohen author of: MILK - The Deadly Poison Executive Director (notmilkman@notmilk.com) Dairy Education Board http://www.notmilk.com This file: http://www.notmilk.com/deb/constipate.txt Do you know of a friend or family member with one or more of these milk-related problems? Do them a huge favor and forward the URL or this entire file to them. Do you know of someone who should read these newsletters? If so, have them send a empty Email to: notmilk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and they will receive it (automatically)!