January 25, 2008
Food Allergies In Childhood
A major study conducted in the United Kingdom and reported in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, examined children suffering from vomiting, diarrhoea, colic, abdominal pain, eczema and urticaria (hives). It found that 40 per cent were sensitive to cow’s milk, with the remainder being affected by a widerange of other intolerances.
Food allergies can commence during the first six months of life. If children are introduced too early to cow’s milk, cereals, orange juice and other substances, such as those contained in manufactured baby food, there is a great danger that they may become intolerant to those foods, and will remain so, for the rest of their lives. This paints a bleak scenario for the child. It will mean that throughout childhood, he will be encouraged by well-meaning parents to eat foods which are semi-poisonous to him. As a result, the child will develop chronic medical symptoms. In some fortunate cases, the symptom or symptoms may be easily linked to a specific food. For example, the child may react quickly, after eating an orange or drinking a glass of milk, with a hay fever attack or vomiting. More often than not, however, the child will exhibit a continuous range of […]
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