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Pia Ruohotie <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:37:48 +0300
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Hello all!


There is a new study from correlation between the quality of
mothers milk and allergy. These researchers found out that
there are differences in certain types of white blood cell
amounts between individual mothers. And these differences
correlated with babys allergy symptoms.

If a baby got cow milk protein allergy, the milk of her/his
mother had more certain types of white blood cell than the milk of
a mothers of a non-allergic baby. This study has been a total
topic in media here in Finland. Of course "Mothers milk can cause
allergy" and "Breastfeeding isint good for all babies" got more
attention than "babies allergy symptoms disappeared if a mother
cut all cow milk protein from her diet". (Some babies symptoms
didnt disapperar although the mother stated she had quit eating
cow milk protein.)

Interesting but sad, since people (MDs and health care professionals,
too) think now that breastfeeding isint as good for babies as was
thouhgt.

The study is in English:
http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/julkaisut/laa/kliin/vk/jarvinen/

Check this out and tell what you think if you are interested.

Best wishes,
Pia Ruohotie
RN, mother-to-mother support group leader
mother of two daughters (one with muptiple allergies)
from Helsinki, Finland, (Europe)

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