Mary <[log in to unmask]> asked:

>On the gluten (celiac) list , many say that if a breast feeding mother eats
>gluten and casein, they will be present in the breast milk.
>
>On the other hand, I had a breast feeding expert email me that gluten and
>casein do NOT get into the mother's milk.

I don't know what you mean by a breast feeding expert. You mean someone
expert in the techniques of breast feeding? The reason people on the celiac
list state what they do is this has been researched. Below is just one of
two articles written by Dr. Reichelt and on the web. He has been
researching the impact of gluten and casein intolerance on certain
individuals with developmental delays. A collected set of his postings to
the net has been put up at:

  http://www.panix.com/~donwiss/reichelt.html

From: [log in to unmask] (Kalle Reichelt)
Date: 09/28/95 08:23:24 AM
Subject: dietary proteins in mothers milk

Hi.
It has been clearly established that bioactive and significant amounts of
protein and peptides are taken up from the gut (1,2).
It is therefore not suprising that the same proteins can be measured in
mothers milk (3-6). This has been done by immunological technique and also
demonstration that the proteins are not fragments of the precursors by
electrophoresis on acrylamide gels. Gliadin proteins see ref 6.
That this mechanism may have serious consequences is illustrated by the
many papers relating peptide fragments of milk proteins and the induction
of antibodies that destroy the beta-cells (insulin producing cells) and
cause diabetes mellitus (7-9). Certain epilepsy is also related to gluten
(10).

References:
1: Gardner MLG (1994) Absorption of intact proteins and peptides. in
Physiol of gastrointestinal Tract 3rd edit (edit: LR Johnson) Raven press,
NY pp1795-1820.
2: Gardner MLG and Stffens K-J (eds)(1995) Absorption of orally
adminsitered enzymes. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg.
3: AxelssonI et al (1986) Bovine bveta-lactoglobulin in human milk. Acta
Paed Scand 75: 702-707.
4: Kilshaw PJ and Cant AJ (1984) The passage of maternal dietary protein
into human breast milk. Int Arch Allergy and Appl Immunol 75:8-15.
5; Stuart Ca et al (1984) Passage of cow's milk protein in breast milk.
Clin Allergy 14: 533-535.
6: Troncone R et al (1987) Passge of gliadin into human breast milk. Acta
paediat Scand. 76: 453-456.
7: Karjalainen J et al (1992) Bovine albumin peptide as possible trigger
of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. New Eng J Med 327: 302-307.
8: Martin JM et al (1991) Milk protein in the etiology of insulin-dependent
diabetes mellitus (IDDM) Ann Med 23: 447-452.
9: Virtanen SM et al (1994) Diet, cow's milk protein antibodies and the
risk of IDDM in Finnish children. Diabteologica 37: 381-387.
10: Gobbi G et al (1992) Coeliac disease, epilepsy and cerebral
calcifications. The Lancet 340: 439-443.

All the best                            Cheers

                                        TINY

K. Reichelt
Pediatric Research Institute
N-0027 Oslo, Norway
Tel: +47 22 86 90 45
Fax: +47 22 86 91 17
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