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Article: Cows' milk, diabetes connection bolstered.(bovine insulin triggers antibodies associated with Type I diabetes)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- June 26, 1999
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Many studies have linked cows' milk consumed by babies to subsequent diabetes, but some researchers still doubt that it causes the disease. The association is based on animal experiments, they note, or indirect evidence (SN: 10/19/96, p. 249), such as studies in which parents of diabetic children try to recollect when their babies first started drinking milk-based formula.
Now, Finnish researchers have avoided the vagaries of poor recall by studying children from birth. In so doing, they have added to the case against cows' milk.
By monitoring babies in diabetes-prone families, the scientists find that infants getting formula that includes cows' milk are ...