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. 1990 Mar;51(3):489-91.
doi: 10.1093/ajcn/51.3.489.

Cow milk and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: is there a relationship?

F W Scott  1
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Cow milk and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: is there a relationship?

F W Scott. Am J Clin Nutr. 1990 Mar.

Abstract

Various cow-milk preparations have, with some variation, been reported to be diabetogenic in two animal models of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), the BioBreeding (BB) rat and the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse. However, the suggestion of an inverse relationship between breast-feeding and IDDM based on epidemiological studies, remains controversial. There is a significant positive correlation between consumption of unfermented milk protein and incidence of IDDM in data from various countries. Conversely, a possible negative relationship is observed between breast-feeding at age 3 mo and IDDM risk. Diet may be an important permissive factor in the development of IDDM.

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