http://coolinginflammation.blogspot.com/2010/06/infant-milk-allergy-colic-and-sialic.html

"Speculation on the cause of infant reactions to cow’s milk in formula
or transmitted into mother’s milk.  Are mother’s priming their
newborns in utero with antibodies to react to non-human sugars
(Neu5Gc)?
Sialic Acids Mark the Surface of Human Cells

Human cells are covered with a forest of long and short carbohydrates,
polysaccharides and oligosaccharides resp., which control the
interaction of the cells with the outside world.  The sugars exposed
on the ends of these sugar chains are sialic acids.  It is not
surprising that pathogenic viruses and bacteria target sialic acids as
the first step in attacking human cells and that policing immune cells
avoid attacking their own cells by recognizing the sialic acids.  The
surprise is that essentially all other mammals have the same two
sialic acids, Neu5Ac and Neu5Gc, but humans have only Neu5Ac.  Meat
and cow’s milk have both.  Babies and mother’s milk should have only
Neu5Ac."

Some pretty complex biochem but worth slogging through.

I love this blog.  Lately he's had some great breastfeeding related posts.

For science junkies, others worth following are:
- hyperlipid
- the heart scan blog
- whole health source
- cooling inflammation
- PaNu
- conditioning research
- marks daily apple

Best,
Katherine in Atlanta

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