Nonsense. There is a large body of good research indicating that while genetics certainly can predispose a person to allergy, there are many factors that can trigger that propensity into full blown allergies. The first and perhaps most important is whether an infant is exclusively breastfeed for the first 4-6 months of life. It is not only that breastmilk is full of protective antibodies, but that it is full of substances that cause the infant's gut to mature & be less permeable. A permeable gut leads to sensitization. Formula feeding exposing an immature gut and immune system to huge (proportionately) amounts of a foreign protein (formula) and is well established in medical literature as increasing not only frequency but severity of allergic symptoms. We can't change our genes, but we can minimize allergies by exclusively breastfeeding for at least 6 months preferably longer.
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Nonsense. There is a large body of good research indicating that while genetics certainly can predispose a person to allergy, there are many factors that can trigger that propensity into full blown allergies. The first and perhaps most important is whether an infant is exclusively breastfeed for the first 4-6 months of life. It is not only that breastmilk is full of protective antibodies, but that it is full of substances that cause the infant's gut to mature & be less permeable. A permeable gut leads to sensitization. Formula feeding exposing an immature gut and immune system to huge (proportionately) amounts of a foreign protein (formula) and is well established in medical literature as increasing not only frequency but severity of allergic symptoms. We can't change our genes, but we can minimize allergies by exclusively breastfeeding for at least 6 months preferably longer.
January 25, 2010 - 7:16pmThis Comment
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