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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Healthy Pregnancy, Baby & Child / Young Raw Milk Drinkers Less Prone to Allergies

Young Raw Milk Drinkers Less Prone to Allergies

by Sarah Pope / Affiliate Links ✔

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  • Raw Milk Protective Against Allergies
  • Reduced Asthma Risk
  • Stronger Immunity Overall

Only 7% of children who drink grassfed raw milk have allergies versus 44% of those who don’t consume this healthful traditional food. The asthma rate is lower and overall immunity higher for raw milk drinking kids too.

raw milk allergy free

The Hygiene Hypothesis states that when children lack early exposure to infectious agents, parasites, and symbiotic microorganisms like normal gut flora such as would naturally occur in a rural or farm environment, they are much more likely to suffer from autoimmune disorders such as allergies or asthma.

This hypothesis helps to explain why farm kids tend to be so much healthier and far less prone to immune disorders than children raised in an urban setting.

Now, an international team of researchers has taken the Hygiene Hypothesis a step further by looking at how one raw milk protects against allergies in children. This is but one of the health benefits of raw milk, particularly from grassfed cows.

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology is reporting that farm children who drink raw milk exhibit a far superior immune response than either farm children who don’t consume raw milk or children living in an urban setting.

Raw Milk Protective Against Allergies

The team of researchers led by Dr. Mark Holbreich MD, an allergy and asthma specialist, compared skin prick tests of mostly raw milk drinking Amish children aged 6-12 years old living in Indiana to non-raw milk drinking Swiss children living in either a farm or urban setting. Amish children in Indiana were chosen due to their genetic similarity to modern-day Swiss children.

The results of the skin prick tests to assess allergic sensitization are summarized as follows:

  • Over 44% of the urban living Swiss children exhibited an allergic reaction.
  • Approximately 25% of the non-raw milk drinking Swiss farm children had an allergic reaction.
  • Only 7% of primarily raw milk drinking Amish children had an allergic reaction.

Reduced Asthma Risk

This study reinforces the results of the 2011 Gabriella study which found lower asthma rates as well.

Exposure to farm milk in early life and consumption of raw farm milk have been associated with a reduced asthma and atopy risk, and it has been suggested that this protection might be mediated through receptors of the innate immune system.

Stronger Immunity Overall

While the results of this large survey combined with allergy testing are very promising with raw milk potentially a very easy way for parents to safely increase the odds that their children avoid the lifelong burden of allergies and/or asthma, further research is warranted.  Dr. Holbreich’s team noted that some of the superior immune response of the raw milk drinking children may be due to the very large Amish families which may provide additional protective factors.

Should parents eager to provide their children with maximum lifelong vibrant health wait for these studies to occur?

While some parents may wish to remain cautious, more forward-thinking parents wishing to provide their children with a health edge today will no doubt seek to source grassfed raw milk immediately based on this information.  As wisely noted by Dr. Kate Rheaume-Bleue in her book Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox:

We can’t always wait for science to identify the nutrients and test for them before we go ahead and benefit from them.

References

(1) The protective effect of farm milk consumption on childhood asthma and atopy

(2) Study of Amish children proves raw milk promotes health, boosts immunity

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Category: Healthy Pregnancy, Baby & Child, Raw Milk and Childcare, Raw Milk Benefits
Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: the bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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  1. Stephany

    Aug 9, 2013 at 12:56 pm

    Just curious if they are taking into consideration any other variables other than the raw milk. I am sure the Amish children eat a very healthy whole food diet from fruits, vegetables and farm raised meats and eggs. I would just be curious to know if the Swiss children consumed the same diet.

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  2. szukam zony

    Jul 18, 2013 at 10:51 pm

    What a material of un-ambiguity and preserveness of valuable experience concerning unexpected feelings.

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