Cindy--

The link between cow's milk antigen exposure in the first year and IDDM is
still controversial--originally thought to be the reason formula fed
babies had higher rates, but a study in the last year (published in NEJM
or JAMA, I think) showed that the antigen did not seem to make a
difference. The *epidemiologic*
information that, for whatever reason, formula fed babies have a higher
incidence of diabetes is still "true" and has not been "disproved.

-- Anne Montgomery, M.D., I.B.C.L.C.
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