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Date: | Fri, 20 Jan 2006 07:04:47 -0500 |
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Hi, All --
Regarding breastmilk vs. cow's milk ... Yes, there IS a lot of information on the detailed differences. The Lactation Biology course site at the University of Illinois (http://classes.aces.uiuc.edu/AnSci308/), for example, includes a milk composition comparison table which covers the basic composition of a great variety of milks. (Extra credit: Which animal's milk listed is closest in composition to human milk?)
The short answer (for protein allergy purposes) is that there is about an 85% overlap in the protein composition of milks across species. The devil hides in the other 15%, which is why a baby may thrive on it's mother's milk but have a bad reaction to the milk of one (or usually most) other species.
There IS a great deal of science out there to support (or not) most of what's been said here recently. (Although I still haven't found a source of the percentage of bedwetting that's allergic in origin, much less milk-allergic in origin. I'm not saying the sources don't exist! Just that I haven't seen any numbers yet, and I LIKE numbers :-) )
I hope this helps, rather than muddying the waters further,
--Beth Kevles
Eating without Casein web site
http://web.mit.edu/kevles/www/nomilk.html
Disclaimer: Use this message at your own risk. I am not a licensed practitioner of medicine.
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