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Elaine Ziska <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 2 Aug 1998 09:46:11 EDT
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In a message dated 98-08-02 00:10:40 EDT, you write:

<< Having had a client this
 year who had a near fatal anaphylatic episode following the ingestion of
 formula (and he had the classic history...just a few "top offs" in the
 early weeks), I firmly believe that fromula is  a significant risk to an
 infant.  Time to check that research carefully for flaws.
  >>

The most obvious flaw is that the control group was not exclusively breastfed.
The study compared two groups of babies that received ABM for three days  -
one group got "regular" ABM, the other ABM without the protein.  Both groups
breastfed after three days.  Okay, so this indicates that *if* a baby is to
get ABM it might as well be "regular" ABM - but the authors make a huge leap
to conclude that ABM doesn't predispose babies to allergy when they didn't
check the rate of allergy in exclusively breastfed babies.  If this makes
*any* sense to the rest of you please explain it to me.
Elaine Ziska, LLLL

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