Infant formulas that contain cow’s milk protein do not increase or prevent the risk of type 1 diabetes in children with genetic risks, according to results of a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Researchers from the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC in the United States have undertaken a large-scale study with 2159 infants from families affected by type 1 diabetes, thus carrying the genetic risk of the disease to find out whether to delay exposure to proteins cow’s milk reduces the risk of this pathology.
The infants were randomly assigned to one of two formulas designed for the study. A group of 1,081 infants were weaned to a highly hydrolyzed casein formula, (the proteins in cow’s milk being broken down into smaller pieces of protein) and a group of 1,078 babies were weaned on a formula based on milk of cow’s milk. cow. They were fed for at least two months until they were 6 to 8 months old and were not given cow’s milk protein from other food sources. They were followed for 10 years to identify children with diabetes.
No link between milk protein and type 1 diabetes
At the end of the study, infants who received the casein formula, 91 (8.4%) developed diabetes, and of those who consumed the classic cow’s milk formula, 82 (7.6%) ) developed the disease. The formulation of casein during infancy did not lead to a reduction in the incidence of type 1 diabetes compared to the classic formula based on cow’s milk.
“After more than 15 years of effort, this study ends the controversy over the potential role of cow’s milk formula in the development of type 1 diabetes,” said Dorothy Becker, professor of pediatrics at the Hospital. for children. “As a result, there is no evidence to revise current dietary recommendations for infants at high risk for type 1 diabetes. We need to do more research around the world to find interventions that could reverse the course of the disease. -diabetes’ ..
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