Cronobacter Support
06-18-2009, 10:42 AM
Posted from ngrguardiannews.com
By Chukwuma Muanya
In the report, Goldfarb notes the conflicting results of studies looking at early introduction of formula (before four months) and diabetes. She reports her results, evaluating blood samples taken from five adults without diabetes and five children and teens who all had type 1 diabetes.
In the adults, she found two had antibodies to beta-lactoglobulin. In the children, all five had antibodies to beta-lactoglobulin. While other researchers have noted that beta-lactoglobulin may generate antibodies to glycodelin, Goldfarb proposes the next step: that the immature immune system sees the beta-lactoglobulin as foreign, produces the antibody which cross-reacts with the glycodelin, and triggers the diabetes.
However, a research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health concludes that a diet rich in milk does not increase the risk of heart disease and stroke, and may even be protective.
The research team asked a representative sample of 764 men to weigh and record every item of food and drink they consumed for seven consecutive days. Just under 90 per cent of the sample (665) produced complete and detailed diaries.
The men, who were all aged between 45 and 59, were taking part in the Caerphilly Cohort Study, which was set up between 1979 and 1983. They were given comprehensive health check-ups, including a heart tracing (ECG) at the start of the study and subsequently every five years for a period of 20 years. Hospital and family doctor records were also checked.
During the study period, 54 men had a stroke and 139 developed symptomatic ischaemic heart disease (heart attack or angina), and 225 died.
At the start of the study, virtually all milk consumption was whole (full fat) milk, but a random sample of the surviving men in 2000, showed that almost all of them had switched to skimmed or semi skimmed milk within the preceding eight years.
Men who consumed the most milk every day (a pint or more) had a higher energy intake, suggesting that they were more active. Cholesterol levels and blood pressure readings were similar in high and low milk consumers (less than half a pint), and men who drank the least milk tended to drink the most alcohol.
Men who drank the most milk had a lower risk of ischaemic heart disease or stroke than those who drank the least, and in the case of stroke this risk was significantly lower. The findings held true even for those men who had started out drinking full fat milk.
The authors suggest that milk has had something of a bad press in respect of its impact on cholesterol, and they conclude: "The present perception of milk as harmful, in increasing cardiovascular risk, should be challenged, and every effort should be made to restore it to its rightful place in a healthy diet."
Milk products have also been associated with Sudden infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Heiner syndrome is a food hypersensitivity lung disease that affects infants, and is usually caused by cow's milk protein. This disease is often misdiagnosed in healthy children, and not diagnosed at all during the tragic hours after an infant's death.
This terribly misunderstood disease strikes children between the ages of six months and two years, often during the hours after consuming their last bottle of cow's milk or formula. The symptoms of Heiner's Disease are remarkably similar to the vast variety of symptoms attributed to SIDS. Sadly, parents often miss the onset of Heiner's which includes ear aches and ear infections, tummy aches, and typical cold symptoms including a runny nose. The child often develops anemia as a result of intestinal bleeding caused by cow's milk hypersensitivity. One sign is dark stools caused by dead red blood cells. If any of the above symptoms are observed, the cure is a simple one: total immediate elimination of all cow's milk and dairy products.
Dr. Frank Oski (once chief of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Medical School) suggested that 50 per cent of children suffer from one or more of these symptoms, and regretted the fact that parents rarely if ever make the connection to milk consumption.
Heiner's Syndrome might very well be the least understood and most misdiagnosed disease in the medical literature. For many infants, the implications can be heartbreaking and catastrophic. "Hypersensitivity to milk is implicated as a cause of sudden death in infancy."
According to WHO, intrinsic contamination of powered infant formula with Enterobacter sakazakii and Salmonella has been a cause of infection and illness in infants including severe disease, and can lead to serious developmental sequelae and death.
Until recently little was known on how widespread E. sakazaki was. The bacterium is dangerous for those with weak immune systems and new-borns are prone to contracting meningitis from the bacteria.
According to WHO, there have been relatively few cases of E. sakazaki contamination world wide but mortality levels are high for babies that are infected. All cases that have been reported have indicated that babies that are less than five months old are the most likely to fall victim.
By Chukwuma Muanya
In the report, Goldfarb notes the conflicting results of studies looking at early introduction of formula (before four months) and diabetes. She reports her results, evaluating blood samples taken from five adults without diabetes and five children and teens who all had type 1 diabetes.
In the adults, she found two had antibodies to beta-lactoglobulin. In the children, all five had antibodies to beta-lactoglobulin. While other researchers have noted that beta-lactoglobulin may generate antibodies to glycodelin, Goldfarb proposes the next step: that the immature immune system sees the beta-lactoglobulin as foreign, produces the antibody which cross-reacts with the glycodelin, and triggers the diabetes.
However, a research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health concludes that a diet rich in milk does not increase the risk of heart disease and stroke, and may even be protective.
The research team asked a representative sample of 764 men to weigh and record every item of food and drink they consumed for seven consecutive days. Just under 90 per cent of the sample (665) produced complete and detailed diaries.
The men, who were all aged between 45 and 59, were taking part in the Caerphilly Cohort Study, which was set up between 1979 and 1983. They were given comprehensive health check-ups, including a heart tracing (ECG) at the start of the study and subsequently every five years for a period of 20 years. Hospital and family doctor records were also checked.
During the study period, 54 men had a stroke and 139 developed symptomatic ischaemic heart disease (heart attack or angina), and 225 died.
At the start of the study, virtually all milk consumption was whole (full fat) milk, but a random sample of the surviving men in 2000, showed that almost all of them had switched to skimmed or semi skimmed milk within the preceding eight years.
Men who consumed the most milk every day (a pint or more) had a higher energy intake, suggesting that they were more active. Cholesterol levels and blood pressure readings were similar in high and low milk consumers (less than half a pint), and men who drank the least milk tended to drink the most alcohol.
Men who drank the most milk had a lower risk of ischaemic heart disease or stroke than those who drank the least, and in the case of stroke this risk was significantly lower. The findings held true even for those men who had started out drinking full fat milk.
The authors suggest that milk has had something of a bad press in respect of its impact on cholesterol, and they conclude: "The present perception of milk as harmful, in increasing cardiovascular risk, should be challenged, and every effort should be made to restore it to its rightful place in a healthy diet."
Milk products have also been associated with Sudden infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Heiner syndrome is a food hypersensitivity lung disease that affects infants, and is usually caused by cow's milk protein. This disease is often misdiagnosed in healthy children, and not diagnosed at all during the tragic hours after an infant's death.
This terribly misunderstood disease strikes children between the ages of six months and two years, often during the hours after consuming their last bottle of cow's milk or formula. The symptoms of Heiner's Disease are remarkably similar to the vast variety of symptoms attributed to SIDS. Sadly, parents often miss the onset of Heiner's which includes ear aches and ear infections, tummy aches, and typical cold symptoms including a runny nose. The child often develops anemia as a result of intestinal bleeding caused by cow's milk hypersensitivity. One sign is dark stools caused by dead red blood cells. If any of the above symptoms are observed, the cure is a simple one: total immediate elimination of all cow's milk and dairy products.
Dr. Frank Oski (once chief of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Medical School) suggested that 50 per cent of children suffer from one or more of these symptoms, and regretted the fact that parents rarely if ever make the connection to milk consumption.
Heiner's Syndrome might very well be the least understood and most misdiagnosed disease in the medical literature. For many infants, the implications can be heartbreaking and catastrophic. "Hypersensitivity to milk is implicated as a cause of sudden death in infancy."
According to WHO, intrinsic contamination of powered infant formula with Enterobacter sakazakii and Salmonella has been a cause of infection and illness in infants including severe disease, and can lead to serious developmental sequelae and death.
Until recently little was known on how widespread E. sakazaki was. The bacterium is dangerous for those with weak immune systems and new-borns are prone to contracting meningitis from the bacteria.
According to WHO, there have been relatively few cases of E. sakazaki contamination world wide but mortality levels are high for babies that are infected. All cases that have been reported have indicated that babies that are less than five months old are the most likely to fall victim.