Why don’t we tell nursing mothers to avoid milk/dairy?
We know that cow’s milk/dairy proteins can pass through the mother’s breast milk, and we have a great deal of evidence that giving cow’s milk or dairy to infants can be harmful…so why don’t they tell breastfeeding mothers to avoid cow’s milk and dairy? (In reality, combined with all the other health risks, one should never consume these animal-based health disasters, but right now wondering why we don’t at least try to protect the babies.)
Type 1 diabetes is linked to consumption of dairy products in infancy. For example, the American Academy of Pediatrics observed up to a 30% reduction in the incidence of type 1 diabetes in infants who avoided exposure to cow’s milk protein for at least the first three months of their lives. (emphasize - "EXPOSURE")
The American Academy of Pediatrics also recommends that infants below one year of age not be given cow’s milk as the iron in cow’s milk is hard for babies to absorb, and whole cow’s milk can cause microscopic bleeding in infants’ intestines. Studies have also shown that Infants and children who consume cow’s milk are more likely to develop food allergies, and are more likely to suffer from chronic constipation.
Colic is an additional concern with milk consumption. Up to 28% of infants suffer from colic during the first month of life. Pediatricians learned long ago that cow’s milk was often the reason. We also know that breastfeeding mothers can have colicky babies if the mothers consume cow’s milk.
As said – we know these substances pass through breast milk! There are clear warnings about not giving - or "exposing" - infants to cow’s milk or dairy...
...but isn’t most of ‘infancy’ spent nursing BREAST MILK?
So why don't they tell nursing mothers to avoid it…?
Related articles:
Sources:
Cow’s milk challenge through human milk evoked immune responses in infants with cow’s milk allergy
Dietary manipulations for infantile colic
Dietary manipulations for infantile colic: A systemic review
A1 beta-casein milk protein and other environmental pre-disposing factors for type 1 diabetes
Short-term exclusive breast-feeding predisposes young children with increased genetic risk of type I diabetes to progressive beta-cell autoimmunity
Policy statement: breastfeeding and the use of human milk. From the American Academy of Pediatrics
Breastfeeding and the use of human milk
Whole cow’s milk in infancy
Update on food allergy
Frequency of cow’s milk allergy in childhood
Intolerance of cow’s milk and chronic constipation in children
The role of cow’s milk allergy in pediatric chronic constipation: a randomized clinical trial
Systematic review of the occurrence of infantile colic in the community
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