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- Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!torn!nott!emr1!woodgold
- From: woodgold@emr1.emr.ca (Cathy Woodgold)
- Subject: Re: Allergens in Breastmilk
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.181026.10715@emr1.emr.ca>
- Organization: Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa
- References: <1992Nov6.154207.14248@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 18:10:26 GMT
- Lines: 32
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- In article <1992Nov6.154207.14248@cbfsb.cb.att.com> kja@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (krista.j.anderson) writes:
- >Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, just a layperson, and I'm only using
- > one source here.
- >
- >When I posted about cow's milk "allergy", I was remiss in not
- >mentioning allergens in human breastmilk. While I don't totally
- >understand the mechanism by which whole proteins from the digestive
- >system can end up in breastmilk, apparently they sometimes can get
- >past digestive enzymes, past antibodies and through the liver and
- >into the general bloodstream.
- >[stuff deleted]
- >Food Antigens that Ended Up in Breastmilk (n=81)
- >
- >Cow's milk 81%
- >Egg 15%
- >Wheat 11%
- >Citrus fruit 10%
- >Chocolate 2%
- >[stuff deleted]
-
- I read something from the La Leche League that said that the reason
- cow's milk protein is such a problem is that it contains "straight
- proteins". I presume this means molecules with a long, thin, shape.
- The straight proteins can fit through small holes in the gut more
- easily than other proteins.
- Another reason why cow's milk protein is a problem was described
- in sci.med.nutrition (Subject: Milk and diabetes): Part of one
- of the cow's milk proteins is so similar to one of the proteins in
- our body that it induces auto-immune responses, apparently causing
- juvenile diabetes and other problems.
-
- Cathy woodgold@emr1.emr.ca Ottawa, Canada My personal opinions
-