On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:47:25 -0400, Margaret and Stewart Wills 
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> Is there something
>different about cow's milk proteins that makes them more likely to 
pass
>through the intestinal tract into circulation, and be slower to clear?

To this one I can say yes. Milk is designed to go through the intestinal 
wall --- parts of it --- providing immunity/hormones etc. 

Hhmmm could protein traces become incorporated in some kind of 
tissue functionally? It is difficult to imagine it being in the body for so 
long. It takes longer to digest milk than other things but it's not going 
to "hide" in the intestines for long while other foods pass by... I have 
certainly seen babies that did not resond to mom's elimination diet for 
a few weeks... Maybe whatever can linger in mom's intestines, and then 
her blood, and then baby's intestines, and then his blood... ?? More 
testing for this would be great.

Peanut allergies are a very different animal than milk protein. Peanut 
reactions are much more the IgE/upper respiratory kind and some think 
it's to the mold on the peanuts (how trace is that?). No explanation 
about peanuts, but think of them in a different mode.

>Would a person with a leaky gut always have a variety of other 
proteins
>circulating, reflecting recent meals? 

Some proteins more than others. Some people more than others. Such 
people often develop allergies to other foods as they begin passing 
through an intestine that's made "leaky" from irritation from dairy or 
gluten reactions. OH, incidentally, gluten has a very similar molecular 
structure to casein --- that rahter explains the predominance of celiac.

Best, linda
author "Baby Matters"

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