I have been thinking about how to respond to this since it first
started circulating--this is what I think--no amount of restricting
solid foods (which most mothers do not do anyway) is going to undo the
gut damage being done in utero, and through medicalized birth, feeding
of toxic foods to babies (including GMOs), use of abx and other meds in
in infancy, vaccines and poor maternal diet.
I do not think allergies are on the rise bc mothers have been told to
hold off on solids--I think they are on the rise at such a rapid clip
that no such intervention is going to stem the tide. Has anyone
considered that the rate of increase in allergens was already rising
and that it may have risen even faster if this intervention had not
been at least somewhat followed.
I think reversing the recommendation is very dangerous, especially
given the poor quality weaning foods most children are fed in the West.
The other things is these new guidelines in and of themselves are
appalling, I have read them in their entirety. Not one holistic
practitioner, nor anyone who is an expert in gut function, nor one
doctor practicing functional medicine was involved. Yet, the guidelines
claim that children are being overdiagnosed with allergies (they are
being UNDERdiagnosed!!) and that testing that is not done by
traditional labs in inaccurate, which is also untrue. They attempted to
narrow the definition of an allergen and ignored the consequences of
sensitivities and gut damage caused by simply exposing children to
non-foods. They made the false claim that most children outgrow
allergens--when every holistic practitioner knows they simply take on
new symptom constellation, which is typically more dangerous and
chronic.
This, along with the inane food plate that replaces the inane food
pyramid that replaced the inane 4 food groups, is a disaster for human
health in every way.
This is not, IMO, about science. It is about money.
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, France
Intuitive Parenting Network, LLC
It's interesting that you should mention the starting of solids and
food allergies, Gonneke.
In the USA, new guidelines have just been issued on the subject. The
information hasn't yet filtered down through all the various governing
bodies (like the American Academy of Pediatrics, etc) so it hasn't yet
been disseminated far and wide, but that may just be a matter of time.
According to a colleague of mine, who is a pediatrician, allergist and
pulmonary specialist, the research on which the new guidelines are
based is sound.
One thing I have heard repeatedly over the past few years if that
delaying the introduction of complementary foods has NOT had the
expected results of lowering the rates of food allergies - in fact, the
opposite seems to have occurred. Very strange, but apparently true. (I
am no expert on the subject.)
The new guidelines recommend beginning solids at 4-6 months of age
(versus the currently advocated 6 months), and to even include highly
allergenic foods (containing milk, eggs, peanut, tree nuts, soy, or
wheat).
· ‘Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy in
the United States’ -
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/foodAllergy/clinical/Pages/default.aspx
· ‘The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology’ article, entitled
‘Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy in the
United States: Report of the NIAID-Sponsored Expert Panel‘:
http://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(10)01566-6/fulltext
(especially Section 5.3)
I wonder what the powers-that-be will be recommending 5-10 years from
now, once we've had a chance to see how the new guidelines pan out??
Fay Bosman, IBCLC
www.nwmothernurture.com
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