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Special diets for babies

If your baby has special dietary needs, ask for your health visitor or doctor for a referral to a dietician with a special interest in infant feeding. If your baby has already been diagnosed with a metabolic problem, you will need some help in devising a healthy diet for him. If your family has a history of allergies,…

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Milk intolerance and allergy

MILK PROTEIN ALLERGY Q: “Between one and six months my baby’s weight was consistently between the 25th and 50th centile. She is now a year old and her weight has dropped to the 9th centile. She is allergic to cow’s milk protein – while I was breastfeeding if I ate dairy products she would react…

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Breastfeeding could reduce risk of coeliac disease

15th November 2005 A new study has revealed that breastfed babies are at half the risk of developing an intolerance to foods containing gluten, such as bread and pasta, than their bottlefed counterparts. Gluten intolerance, also known as coeliac disease, affects approximately one per cent of the UK population, who suffer from such distressing symptoms as…

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