Allan Cunningham talked in Ohio a couple of years ago and discussed IDDM and
cow milk.  Sorry I do not have this in writing, but here is the drift of what
he said.  Apparently there is a segment of milk protein that has the same
amino acid combination as the Islet cells in the human.  In a perfect world
this would not be a problem, because young babies would not receive the milk
of another species (what a concept!!).  So, if a baby receives cow milk and
the protein is not fully broken down (peptides are absorbed across the gut),
this particular amino acid conbination can elicit an immune response.  Once
it is recognized as a foreign invader, every time the immune system is riled
up it attacks the amino acid sequence (which conveniently is always present
in the islet cells).  Eventually, enough damage can be done that the child
develops IDDM.

This made sense to me.  Those of you from Ohio--did I remember this
correctly????

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