Anyone else having a PA problem with milk?

My PA daughter is very picky about her milk. She will smell it first and then decide if she will drink it. I have long been concerned about the peanut protein in milk - is it possible and is it there? They find high levels of steroids and antibiotics in cows milk so why not peanut protein?

Anyway, a while back I contacted Horizon Dairy and based on their response, I feel they have safer milk and dairy products. I posted the information under Manufactures thread under the title [b]Horizon dairy products[/b].

Sue in Sunny Arizona

[This message has been edited by Sue (edited March 14, 2002).]

Peanut is a legal animal food in Canada and I'm sure in the U.S. as well. If peanut protein is present in our human milk, it would certainly be passed on in cows milk. I've written the Canadian government before and they say that it's unlikely that peanut would be used in feed here, (high costs) and that there has never been a documented case of a reaction, (government logic.)

If the milk you use comes from the south, it is more likely to contain peanut. You could get it tested at a lab just so that you'd know one way or the other.

We are in Texas, so I'm sure our cows are being fed peanuts. As we'd never had any problems with milk before, I always assumed that since cows are able to digest their food more thoroughly that the peanut protein was broken down in their stomachs unlike in our own. I wonder what the difference is all of a sudden - maybe the dairy recently started feeding them a lot more peanut or something.
Anyone know how I'd go about having the milk tested?

Rebekah

Information that I received from my allergist mentioned that U.S milk can contain peanuts...added to increase protein. Glad I am in Canada!!! This would make me very angry!

A friend of mine owns a dairy farm. She told me that all dairy farmers will feed the cattle whatever they can buy the cheapest. If the farm is in the south, then they may feed the cows rejects from the candy factory. I wanted to buy cream from her and she refused. She knows what they feed their cows and she didn't want to made Jazz sick. At that point they had just bought cottenseed to feed their cows. I am so glad I buy fresh goats milk. At least I can ask what the nanny eats.
Connie

Hi! Your post just gave me an insight as to what has been causing my stomach to be a mess. I was diagnosed about 12 years ago with irritable bowel syndrome and I self-diagnosed myself as lactose intolerant. Well, the past 4 years, I have been having trouble-all gassy, and nauseous after having milk products. I had an endoscopy done in May to rule out ulcers, inflammation, Crohn's and all the other good stuff. The doc insisted that I have IBS, still, but I wonder now if all the symptoms I've been having are related to me having a reaction to the milk products I've been eating. It doesn't always cause the nauseousness, but I did start taking a journal of what I eat and I notice that it's with high-fat foods and milk that my stomach goes into complete spasm! This makes sense, especially since I was considering being tested for a milk allergy and soybean allergy. HA! I am going to ask the allergist about this when I go next week!

rebekah, I think you've already gotten your answer to this question, but I just wanted to post that I can't believe it! Yes, thankfully, I'm in Canada, but to think that any PA parent/person would have to worry about milk makes me feel as though I could go over the edge with all of this stuff. Do you know what I mean?

Would this also mean that the beef from the cows could be contaminated as well or is that something different?

It makes perfect sense that if we, as Mothers are able to pass the protein to our children, then it could be passed through cow's milk.
But, my soul!

Are you able to contact them and ask them what they feed their cows or do you feel you'd get a definitive answer?

I'm thankful to river (who did post above) who has done some research on this topic for us Canadians. I do know that I reduce my children's intake of milk but it's not PA related, it's asthma related. I have wondered if they should be taking a calcium supplement.

I don't know, but to me, this just seems to be something that would send me over the edge
(I think it also helps to-day that I know I *should* be contacting a manufacturer, Post, something that I hate to do).

I am SO sorry to hear about this, but I'm really pleased that you did post this. You have made people aware of something that most all of us probably would never have thought about.

Best wishes! [img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/smile.gif[/img]

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Actually, I'm wondering if this should be something that is added to ajas_folks thread under Main Discussion about Unusual or Unexpected Sources of Peanut Products (I'm not clear that that title is exact). Hmm....

Best wishes! [img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/smile.gif[/img]

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My son was diagnosed with PA at 13 months (he's 3 now). He drank cow's milk from age 1 to about 18 months. Then he refused to drink it. I figured he knew something that I didn't, so I haven't made him drink any milk. Instead, he drinks calcium-fortified OJ (with twice the amount of calcium as milk) and eats a ton of spinach (a great source of vitamin C or D; can't recall which one). I've seen postings about kids who were RAST tested, went years without peanut exposure and their RAST scores STILL increased. Wouldn't it be horrific if these kids were getting exposed to peanuts due to seemingly innocuous sources as milk? BTW, I live in Texas as well, Rebekah C.