The Need for Culturally Appropriate Food Allergy Management Strategies: The Indian Milk Ladder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cow's milk allergy (CMA) is one of the most common and complex food allergies affecting children worldwide and, with a few exceptions, presents in the first few months of life. Baked-milk-containing diets are well tolerated in the majority of milk-allergic children and allow dietary restrictions to be relaxed. In addition, the early introduction of tolerated forms of allergenic foods to an infant's diet in small amounts may enhance the outgrowth of their milk allergy through oral tolerance induction. The methods of milk introduction vary widely across the globe.

Methods

We convened an expert group to develop a comprehensive milk ladder based on the calculated milk protein content of Indian foods. To validate the milk ladder, the foods chosen for the ladder were an

SUBMITTER: Hosaagrahara Ramakrishna S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10535525 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature