Most children with milk allergy tolerate warm milk

Posted on August 24, 2008 in Myspace pregnancy countdown clocks (Category: Pregnancy)

Seventy-five percent of children with cow's milk allergy will be able to tolerate it if it is heated extensively, according to a recital in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Children who have outgrown their milk allergies still have milk-specific antibodies, but the special milk proteins that trigger that reaction can almost entirely be destroyed through exposure to great temperatures. The researchers therefore reasoned that children with milk allergy might tolerate milk if it were extensively heated.

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