http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/shemilt/breastfeeding_Newcastle.html
 posting it here so everyone can see the Angel of the  North  carrying a 
baby in a sling!
Helen

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>>>> Pamela Morrison <[log in to unmask]> 10/14/2008 1:20 PM >>>
> Dear Wise Ones,
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> I've had a question about infant sensitivity to bovine proteins=20
> coming through the mother's milk, and specifically querying whether=20
> beef as well as dairy products can cause problems.   My experience is=20
> that it definitely can, and that a total elimination of both dairy=20
> products _and_ beef from the mother's diet can result in complete=20
> resolution of "colic", eczema, reflux, extreme wakefulness, and=20
> general irritability in the exclusively breastfed baby.  The enquirer=20
> suggests that the allergic protein in cow's milk isn't present in=20
> cow's meat - beef.    I've just done a search of the archives and=20
> found plenty of anecdotal reports, dating back to about 1995=20
> (including my own!) attesting to the value of the mother doing a=20
> complete elimination of all dairy products and beef in her=20
> diet.   I've also found the following in Breastfeeding and Human=20
> Lactation (Riordan & Auerbach) 1999:
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> "Although cow's milk appears to be the single most frequenyt offender=20
> in a mother's diet, other foods also have been implicated=20
> .......  They include beef, eggs peanut butter, wheat .... and=20
> high-acid fruits and vegatables."  (Ref: Chandra RK et al:  influence=20
> of maternal food antigen avoidance during pregnancy and lactation on=20
> incidence of atopic eczema in infants.  Clin Allergy 16:563-9, 1986).
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> Does anyone have any more information, or a more up to date reference=20
> to share that confirms what we intuitively know - ie that the more=20
> concentrated form of bovine protein in the meat is likely to also be=20
> a problem for some EBF babies who are sensitive to cow's milk=20
> proteins ingested by the mother?
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> Many thanks if you can help.
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> Pamela Morrison IBCLC
> Rustington, England
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