Glad to see a different group standing up for the exclusive breastfeeding benefits and the delay of solids.

Mirine Dye

Fla Keys

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060807/hl_nm/allergists_infants_dc_1   (full article here)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parents can help prevent food allergies by waiting to introduce certain foods into a child's diet and by feeding a child breast milk exclusively until the sixth month of life, a group of allergists advises. 

Avoiding milk and dairy products at this time can help infants at risk of food allergies, but there are no evidence-based guidelines on when other foods should be introduced and when children should begin eating solid food, Dr. Alessandro Fiocchi of the University of Milan Medical School in Italy and colleagues from the Adverse Reactions to Foods Committee of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology write.
To fill the gap, Fiocchi and his team searched the existing scientific literature and developed a consensus statement. "Pediatricians and allergists should cautiously individualize the introduction of solids into the infants' diet," they write in the July issue of the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Other than breast milk, no supplemental foods, including cow's milk-based formulas, should be given until the child reaches six months of age, the researchers state. Introducing solid foods in a child's first four months of life, they add, has been associated with an increased risk of allergies up to age 10.


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