I have found this newspaper article while searching for elimination diets
and breastfeeding
thought you may be interested
http://new.theage.com.au/text/articles/2003/03/26/1048653747406.htm
"Diet the key to helping babies' colic woes: study
Date: March 27 2003
By Lucy Beaumont
Breastfeeding mothers can reduce their babies' colic by adopting a
low-allergy diet, a Melbourne study has found.
The study of 90 babies by the Royal Children's Hospital confirms earlier
findings that many babies younger than six weeks have an intolerance to
allergenic proteins ingested by the mother and excreted in the breast milk.
The director of the department of allergy, David Hill, said 70 per cent of
the babies with mothers on the low-allergy diet cried at least 25 per cent
less within a week.
"Our data suggests that the problem is initially one of immunological
immaturity," Dr Hill said. "What the mother eats comes out in her breast
milk."
The findings were presented this month at the Perinatal Society of Australia
and New Zealand scientific congress in Hobart.
About 20 per cent of Australian infants suffer colic, which can disrupt
family routines and lead to depression for parents.
Prior to the study, conducted with the Murdoch Children's Research
Institute, Melbourne University and the Royal Women's Hospital, subjects
experienced at least three hours of crying daily on three or more days a
week. The problem can be much worse, Dr Hill said.
"We're talking crying for six to eight hours a day for the most severely
affected ones. The impact of that on young families is considerable," he
said.
Colic has been shown in some overseas studies to be a precursor to other
food allergies. But breastfeeding mothers should only modify their diets
under medical super-vision.
"In this study we've taken (half the subjects) off milk, egg, wheat, peanuts
and fish, as well as soy. That's removing a significant amount of mothers'
nutrition," Dr Hill said.
"We're trying to talk to manufacturers about a concept of handling the mothe
r and the baby as a unit and developing diets for mothers that are readily
available and that they can adapt to manage this problem."
The Victorian spokeswoman for the Australian Breastfeeding Association,
Karen Commisso, said the study confirmed the experiences of many mothers. "
Regards
Karen Clements
RM IBCLC
Melbourne, Australia
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