Early Life Cow’s Milk Linked to Increased Asthma Risk

There could be a connection between food allergies and the development of asthma or recurrent wheeze, especially for cow’s milk, according to new research.

A team, led by Hiroshi Tachimoto, MD, PhD, Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Jikei University School of Medicine, evaluated whether asthma or recurrent wheeze among children were changed by avoiding supplementing breastfeeding with cow’s milk formula (CMF) in the first 3 days of life.

“The findings of this study suggest that avoiding CMF supplementation in the first 3 days of life has the potential to reduce the risk of asthma or recurrent wheeze in young children, especially among those with high vitamin D or high IgE levels,” the authors wrote.