I'm just a study of one, but in my personal experience, I found that I had to eliminate all sources of dairy in all foods, or my allergic nursling would react. I had label-reading down to a science; I knew the ONE and only brand of bread in my local grocery store that had no trace of dairy in it whatsoever LOL. Can't give you an authoritative source or good explanation for that; I just know that Joshua couldn't handle even traces of whey or caseinate when he was very young, even in baked goods. As the years have passed (he's now 6) that has changed, and now I don't have to be quite so careful about reading labels. Makes life a lot easier! Regina Roig Lane, BS IBCLC for Miami-Dade County WIC -----Original Message----- When a mother, doing detective-work on a fussy baby, tries eliminating dairy from her diet for a few weeks, does that include milk used in baking and cooking? (I always assumed it did, and advised people to read labels carefully, looking out for caseinate and whey proteins in packaged stuff, etc.) But I just read, in an authoritative source, that when milk is cooked, the proteins are "denatured" and shouldn't be a problem. Since eliminating dairy is difficult enough in the average diet, can a mother still make a reasonable test for the baby's sensitivity without being rigorous about small amounts in baking and such? Margaret Wills *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html