EMAIL RETURNED WRONG ADDRESS SENT EARLIER TODAY

To Lactnetters
The Age
Melbourne Victoria
Good Weekend October 4th
p 24-29

An article entitled When one man's peanut is another man's poison"
accompanied by pictures of an egg a flower a bottle of cows milk and a
wrist watch appeared in last weekend's popular Newspaper insert.

Two or three pages are written about the way in which allergies occur.
There is the story of a woman (p 26) who has a young baby 2 months with an
allergy thought to be due to dairy products.  The mother reverted to
breastfeeding.

Mothers are advised to "stick with breastfeeding" but are advised to avoid
nipple creams as some contain peanut oil which of course can be a serious
allergen for some people.  Latex with its wide use in many products
(condoms  surgical gloves nipple shields) which get close to the skin is
also examined for its allergenic properties.

Breastfeeding rates another mention as a means of prevention of allergies
again in this article written by David Newnham.

l0% of Australian adults suffer from asthma and one in five children
carries an inhaler - the highest rate in the world..  Links are also made
with processed foods and preservatives and genetic predisposition.

The article was a reprint from The Guardian

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