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Milk Allergy
Everything You Need To Know If You Have Milk Allergy
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Milk allergy, especially cow’s milk is
often found in babies. Continue on reading about how to
eliminate milk allergy to new born baby, and how to choose the
safe food for your allergic baby, including milk-free recipes!
When you see signs of milk allergy in your baby, delete cow’s
milk from your baby’s menu at least for 2 weeks. After that, you
can try to re-introduce milk to your baby. If your baby does
have milk allergy, the symptoms will disappear when you delete
the milk from the menu, and will re-appear when your baby have
milk. |
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The milk
allergy symptoms could appear as
rash, hives or redness around
the mouth, which may spread to the rest of the body, immediate runny
nose, sneezing and itchy watery eyes, coughing, choking or gagging,
wheezing and trouble breathing, and cramps, vomiting and diarrhea.
When you are breastfeeding
your baby, and your baby gets milk allergy, then you must exclude all
dairy products from your menu, as milk protein can pass through the
breast milk. Replace your need of calcium with supplements.
Milk
Content in Foods – Reading Food Label
The main components of milk
that can cause milk allergy are :
whey
and casein.
The casein
is the curd that formed when milk is left to sour, and the
whey
is the watery fraction which is left after the curd is removed.
For the safety of your baby,
always read the
label content of
each food you are going to buy. These are terms that indicate the
content of milk/milk
protein that you
should avoid:
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Cow's milk / dairy /
pasteurized milk
Milk formula
Evaporated milk / skim milk
Lactose free milk formula/ delactosed milk
Reduced allergenicity milk formula
Whey / whey powder
Butter/ butter fat / buttermilk
Yogurt / ghee
Cream / cheese / curds / sour cream /
sour milk |
Margarine
Casein (sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron) caseinate
Hydrolysed casein / Rennet casein
Recaldent (milk casein derivative)
Lactaid milk / Lacteeze milk (tablets or drops is still OK)
Lactalbumin / lactoglobulin / bovine scrum albumin
Hydrolysed milk protein |
However when milk is
used as a food binder to process another food, then it is likely that
the milk content would not be stated in the ingredient list. Here are
some foods that might contain milk:
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Deli meat slicers are
frequently used for both meat and cheese products.
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Some brands of canned tuna
fish contain casein (a milk protein).
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Many non-dairy products
contain casein (a milk derivative), listed on the ingredient labels.
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Some meats may contain
casein as a binder. Check the label carefully.
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Many restaurants put
butter on steaks after they have been grilled to add extra flavor.
The butter might not be visible after it melts.
Source :
The Food
Allergy
Milk Substitute for People With Milk Allergy
So, what if you or your baby
do have milk allergy? Does it mean you can’t have milk, while milk is
rich of nutrition as vitamin D, calcium and riboflavin?
The common solution is : soy
milk. However, I recommend you to consult with a doctor or a dietician,
especially for your baby, to decide the most suitable substitute of milk
that is safe for you/your baby.
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Besides milk that you drink,
you often need milk to bake cakes or to cook. For a milk allergic
patient, milk is the easiest ingredient to find the substitute when you
want to bake him/her a cake. You can substitute milk with water or fruit
juice in equal amount (e.g. a cup of milk = a cup of water). Lack of
ideas to cook milk-free foods? Inspire yourself with these….
Milk Free Recipes
I understand that sometimes
finding foods for an allergic person might be difficult. I have been at
that condition for years. Sometimes I feel bored with the diet, the same
foods in certain choices everyday! For you with milk allergy, try to enrich
your healthy and safe
menu with these milk free recipes...
You can find more recipes or info about
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