Dealing with Dairy Allergy

L.-

In my opinion cows milk is made for baby cows and not meant for human consumption. We can not digest it. It is mucus forming and it is one main contributor to allergies and hayfever. Because your daughter has been on probably many antibiotics regarding the ear infections her immune system has been suppressed and they do not help ear infections at all.

Cheese and yogurt when aged are processed slightly different than milk. I would stay away from all dairy. Instead of the evasive allergy tests you can choose to have biofeedback or meridian testing done.

As far as fats go--coconut oil is one of the amazing superfoods and is essential for hair, skin, brain development and so closely resembles the properties of breast milk it is phenomenal. Make sure it is cold pressed, hexene free and of course organic. Salba/chia is another very good source and we can not forget nature perfect food the avocado!! Pure fish oils are also a very good choice-Nordic Naturals has a very good one.

for her immune system and to rid her of the bad bacterica growth caused by prescription and otc meds-get her on a really good probiotic such as florajen. You can get all of the above at a great disc. website called vitacost.com

Let me know if you need more info.

T.
detox coach

Hi!
Have you thought about going to an allergist to see is milk is the only allergy? The only reason I say this is our son started reacting to dairy around 18 months with vomiting and diarhhea and when we had him tested found out he was also allergic to eggs, oranges, peanuts, mold, and dust. I don't know if children normally have more than 1 allergy, but might be worth looking into before you give her peanut butter or eggs. We are more worried about the calcium and give calcium fortified juice! I never really thoguht about the need for the fat for brain develoment--and my pediatrician wasn't concerned about it. I'll be interested to read other responses!

Good Luck! If you have any other allergy related questions please let me know!

L.

Our family does not eat any dairy by choice. Instead, we use soy milk. It is pretty close to the fat and protein content of cow's milk, and our 20 month old is really thriving. We don't eat eggs or meat either. We get our fats through nut butters, nuts, avacados, coconut oil, olive oil, and non dairy "butter". If you would like a sample diet of what we eat, I can give it to you. Just send me a message. Good luck!

We give my 20 month old son (who has a dairy allergy) rice milk and have since he was a year old. The brand is Rice Dream Original Enriched. It has the same vitamins as milk. Although it is not as fatty, so you can add fats and protein to her diet through meats and oils (like avocado, olive and canola). You are probably fine giving her yogurt and cheese b/c although she may be allergic to milk -- it's not an anaphalactic allergy and cheese and yogurt are processed differently than milk.

well if it IS a dairy allergy i wouldn't even give him yogurt to make sure things improve... then slowly introduce dairy. (yogurt) apparently its processed and has the good bacteria in it that can make a dif. The thing w/my son is after 2.5 yrs we found he can have NONFAT yogurt and NONFAT pudding, store bought. but NOT skim milk, home made puddig or partial fat yogurt. for us its the fat. there is something like 25 dif things in cow milk people can be allergic too.

As far as good fats... AVACADOS SOY NUT BUTTER (or peanut butter if you are ok doing that) OLIVE OIL... eggs is good but our son is DEATHLY allergic to eggs so we didn't do that one.

also because america is so fat the recommendations are changing as far as fat needed. We don't worry so much, and use chicken tenders and hot dogs and stuff w/o worry cuz our son doesn't eat eggs or milk and is a skinny little guy. but that's bad fat.

we drink rice milk cuz the hormones in soy frighten me. only use soy in moderation.... I don't think i'd do water only. that's odd. at least the rice or soy has added vitamins and calcium!

good luck

My son drank rice milk with flax seed oil and fish oil added for fat and rice protein for protein.

16 oz rice milk
1 t flax seed oil
1/2 t fish oil
1 T rice protein

A couple of doctors have said that it is nutritionally complete when used in conjunction with a multivitamin. We used it as a baby formula since my son had multiple food allergies and was never a good nurser. If your daughter is getting plenty of protein, then you can drop the rice protein.