Thursday, April 14, 2011

Hydrolyzed Milk Formula and Autoimmune Disease

Researchers hail ‘stunning’ breakthrough in childhood diabetes study
The majority of children who develop type 1 diabetes can avoid or significantly delay the ailment simply by switching formulas in infancy, a new Hospital for Sick Children study suggests.

Dietary Intervention in Infancy and Later Signs of Beta-Cell Autoimmunity
Early exposure to complex dietary proteins may increase the risk of beta-cell autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes in children with genetic susceptibility. We tested the hypothesis that supplementing breast milk with highly hydrolyzed milk formula would decrease the cumulative incidence of diabetes-associated autoantibodies in such children.

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