Organic Milk Linked to Lower Rates of Allergies, Asthma and Eczema

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Organic Milk Linked to Lower Rates of Allergies, Asthma and Eczema

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(NaturalNews) Young children who consume exclusively organic dairy

products are significantly less likely to develop allergies, asthma or eczema

by

the age of two, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Louis

Bolk Institute in the Netherlands and published in the British Journal of

Nutrition.

 

 

" This is the first example of a definite health impact of organic food

consumption being published in a peer-reviewed journal, " said Carlo Leifert of

Newcastle University, who is leading a study into the connection between

organic food consumption and health.

 

 

Researchers followed 2,500 pregnant women until their children were two

years old, recording information on their health and their lifestyle and

dietary habits. They found that the rate of allergies was 36 percent lower

among children who drank or ate organic milk, cheese and yogurt and whose

mothers had consumed these products while breastfeeding than among children and

mothers who had eaten either only non-organic dairy products or a mix of

organic and non-organic products.

 

 

" There was a clear relationship between organic dairy use and less

eczema, " said researcher Machteld Huber. " The difference was significant but

only

for children exclusively eating organic dairy products. "

 

 

" We didn't find a relationship if they had [both] organic and conventional

dairy products. "

 

 

Researchers do not know whether the increased allergy risk from

non-organic dairy is caused by extra toxic ingredients, such as antibiotics, by

lower

levels of key nutrients, such as omega-3 fatty acids, by some combination

of the two, or by some other factor.

 

 

" Organic milk doesn't contain any pesticides, added hormones or

antibiotics, " said Stuart Martin of the Scottish Organic Milk Producers

Association.

" When an organic cow becomes sick our farmers are encouraged to treat it

homeopathically first and only use antibiotics as a last resort. Meanwhile,

the milk from that cow is removed from the milk stream and is not used at

all. "

 

 

Sources for this story include: ecochildsplay.com ; _www.dailyrecord.co.uk_

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