Just a gut reaction to the below clipping....don't breastfed babies get ever so slight exposure to the foods the mom eats and don't we see fewer allergies if breastfed....so maybe it is true that formula fed babies who don't get those exposures early and often may indeed function better due to some exposure to the foods earlier in life.  I will read the study....


> There actually have been a few studies recently, not double blinded,
> but pretty good, that found similar results as the Israeli peanut correlation.
> One was in Australia, and they recruited several thousand infants at
> immunization clinics.  Parents were given questionaires about egg and
> egg containing products and the ages at which they were introduced
> into the diet. [...] They found that introducing cooked (rather than
> baked- like egg in a muffin) egg into the diet at 4-6 months
> substantially lowered the risk of egg allergy than later introduction
> even after controlling for family history of allergy or infant allergy
> symptoms.[...] Here's the citation for the study if anyone is
> interested: -Koplin et al. (2010). Can early introduction of egg
> prevent egg allergy in infants? A population-based study. Journal
> Allergy Clinical Immunology, 126(4), 807-813.


Polly Kocher,BS, IBCLC

OSF Breastfeeding Resource Center

4911 Executive Drive

Peoria, IL 61614
phone 309-683-6672
fax 309-683-6618

Guard with tenderness small things that have no words.

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