Not a fan of milk? If you're not already allergic to it, you should think about adding it to your daily diet because, according to new research, it could help manage your allergies. Of course, this depends on the type of milk you drink.
According to Georg Loss, the study's author, raw milk reduced respiratory infections and fever by 30 percent in infants. When milk was boiled at a farm, those effects diminished significantly, and, when milk was ultra-pasteurized, it lost all of its allergy-managing effects. This likely happened because its protective compounds were destroyed during the heating process.
"Compounds that are sensitive to heating seem to play a particularly important role in protection against respiratory-tract and ear infections," said Loss.
Researchers studied and followed close to 1,000 infants in rural areas in Austria, Finland, France, Germany and Switzerland for one year. They observed how different types of milks affected a child's respiratory system and prevented infections.
Loss and his research team noticed a handful of benefits from children who consumed raw milk.
"Among children who were fed on fresh, unprocessed cow's milk the incidence of head colds and other respiratory infections, febrile and middle-ear inflammation was found to be significantly lower than in the group whose milk ration consisted of the commercially processed ultra-pasteurized product," Loss said.
If you still can't handle milk in any form, there are plenty of ways to manage your allergy symptoms.
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