Milk for Milk Allergies

If your child has milk allergies the answer may be…more milk? That’s what researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center suggest in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. In the study, researchers followed-up on 18 children with milk allergies, who during a 2008 study were given increasing doses of milk or dairy products to teach their body to tolerate it. They found that among the participants, six could continue to drink milk without a problem, whereas seven kids had a mild reaction after drinking milk. Does this mean you should go buy a gallon of milk? Not yet, but it does offer hope that the body’s immune system can be retrained when it comes to certain allergies.

Source: Remedy Life

Dr. Moulas on Building Strong Bones Part II

"Milk - it does the body good." But unfortunately many people have lost the ability to properly digest and metabolize dairy products. Milk allergy is one of the most common food allergies known. So, Milk isn’t for everyone! You have no doubt seen advertisements suggesting you take Tums “for the calcium you need”. Tums is an antacid which contains calcium carbonate. Ironically, when the normal acid secreted in your stomach is neutralized, calcium is very poorly absorbed. The digestion and absorption of other nutrients is also impaired. Calcium carbonate is a very cheap form of calcium, but it is not well absorbed by many people.