Look at the first paragraph of this "health report" off the Reuters news
service on the internet.

[NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Certain kinds of food allergies may be on the rise,
and one reason is that infants are being exposed to allergy-causing proteins
early in life. In some cases, even minute amounts of protein passed along in
breast milk can trigger allergies in an infant, according to Dr. Hugh
Sampson, chief of the pediatric allergy and immunology division at Mount
Sinai School of Medicine in New York. ]

The article goes on to talk about the seriousness of allergies and to say
that allergies are "outgrown" by age 3.  They say that cow's milk is a major
allergen, but they don't say that abm is involved and, as you know, many
people don't see the connection.

Then later in the article we have:

[Sampson recommends that women breastfeed as long as possible and avoid
certain foods during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. In the child's diet,
cow's milk should be avoided until after age 1, seafood, peanut and nut
products should be avoided for the first three years, and eggs for 18 to 24
months, he said.]

The same facts could have been reported with a very different impact if the
writers had so chosen. Putting the last paragraph first would have been much
better. I wonder how Dr. Sampson liked the final product.

Patricia Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee
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