Do children have to eat cow milk every day in order to grow and develop normally, or is it not necessary to drink cow milk?
We continue to argue over this issue.
Perhaps the debate continues for several reasons.
For about three years, a written survey of “How should I love and raise children?” was conducted at a Korean-American church in the United States, a Korean university, and a pediatric clinic.
At that time, the following 23 questions and answers were conducted on 100 Korean parents who attended and Korean parents who came to their pediatrician for medical treatment.
‘Do children have to drink cow milk?’
A.
① 79% of people must eat,
② 15% of not having to eat,
③ 6% were not sure.
Why do you think children must drink milk’?
A.
① 92% for calcium intake,
② To grow well and grow healthy, 4%,
③ 1% because milk fat is needed,
④ 1% because it is good in all respects,
⑤ 1% because of good nutrition supply
⑥ It was 1% because it was a food containing a lot of vitamins.
Parents’ answers make sense and are correct.
However, there is also an opposite theory, which will be introduced next.
Photo 157. Milk or food made from cow milk
Milk allergy can be caused.
Copyright ⓒ 2011 John Sangwon Lee, MD., FAAP
A few years ago, the author wrote an article in the local newspaper The Chronicle in English saying that children don’t necessarily have to drink milk.
As expected, some nutritionists in the town here wrote several articles against my opinion in the newspaper, saying how can children will grow and develop if they don’t eat cow milk, and where can they get calcium if they don’t drink cow milk.
In addition, there was an opinion that the content of “children don’t necessarily have to drink cow milk” in my contribution was not correct. Of course, I admitted that their argument made sense.
Picture 156. Cow milk and foods containing milk have nutritive value, but some children can have several types of milk allergies.
Copyright ⓒ 2011 John Sangwon Lee, MD., FAAP
There were also local doctors who agreed with the content of my contributions and many non-medical workers.
I did not continue the argument.
Not long ago, a mother brought her child to my pediatric office and told a story about her child suffering from cow milk intake, and asked what it would be like to eat cow milk while eating Lactaid, which treats lactose intolerance for life, and the child suffered from cow milk in the past.
“As soon as I came to the United States, my child had to drink 3 cups of cow milk a day like a cool cola drink because cow milk is good for the body and very good for growing children.
If she said her child didn’t want to eat, he sweetened it with sugar and made her drink.
After that, the child suffered a lot for years with symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, farting, and bloating without any reason.
She took antacids such as Tums and Maalox whenever she was sick, and she went to this doctor to the other doctor.
After eating spicy kimchi and red pepper paste, I was suspicious that she could not digest it, so I switched from Korean to Western food.
Finally, when she went to a pediatric gastroenterologist, she was diagnosed with a disease called lactose intolerance caused by a lactase enzyme deficiency.
From then on, she said she would not drink a drop of cow milk.
Dr. Benjamin Spocks, a pediatrician who became sensational around the world, using Dr. Spock’s Baby & Child Care for the first time in the United States and around the world in 1946, said, “Children after the age of 2 year old do not need to feed cow milk. Other than argued in recent years.
After that, the American Academy of Pediatrics refuted his claim, saying, “Dr. Spocks is the leading cause of the pediatric nutritional riot.”
Thus, the cow milk dispute ended with another round.
After that, there was another big controversy over cow milk.
New York Mayor Julian, who had a white mustache, said “advertisement of prostate cancer due to cow milk,” and his photographs appeared on billboards. After that, he set the ice to sue PETA, which made an advertisement.
The cow milk controversy front finally arrived at Dr. Benjamin Spokes’ hometown in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.’ Cow Milk can cause infant colic, diabetes, obesity, ear problems, allergies, and many more diseases in children’.
And on a large billboard with a picture of a baby’s lips smeared with white milk, news about milk appeared in a local newspaper in Hartford, Connecticut, where the author lives.
Is cow milk a really good food for growing children, or whether cow milk can be a harmful food for them, and all parents need to find out whether cow milk must be fed to their growing children?
Lactose intolerance, milk allergy, galactosemia, constipation, anemia, vitamin deficiency, obesity, diabetes, hyperactivity disorder, attention deficit, etc., and various illnesses and symptoms can be caused by cow milk intake, and if you eat a lot of cow milk, you need that day. Because the protein, carbohydrates, or other types of nutrients you consume are mainly consumed in cow milk, you can no longer eat other types of foods other than cow milk, which can lead to various nutritional deficiencies.
Because milk does not contain enough iron and vitamins C and D as necessary for growth and development, children who drink a lot of cow milk cannot get enough iron from cow milk, which can lead to iron deficiency anemia and vitamin C or D deficiency.
Children who eat cow milk-based ice cream or milkshakes are more likely to develop the irritable gastrointestinal syndrome, which can lead to stomach aches and symptoms of gastrointestinal diseases such as diarrhea.
Also, constipation can occur due to milk consumption.
Migraine, hyperactivity disorder and/or attention deficit, allergic conjunctivitis, allergic rhinitis, allergic sinusitis (sinusitis), bronchial asthma, allergic gastroenteritis and resulting intestinal bleeding and mucous stool, green stool, blood stool, hematuria, anemia, etc.
Symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, and fart occur, and cow milk allergy such as growth pain, muscle pain, tension fatigue syndrome, atopic dermatitis, hives, and shock can occur in 0.5 to 2% of cow milk drinkers.
It is normal that lactose in cow milk is decomposed into glucose and galactose by the lactose enzyme secreted from the mucous membrane of the small intestine, and the glucose and galactose are absorbed into the blood through the intestinal mucosa.
Drinking cow milk can lead to lactose intolerance in children who do not secrete enough lactase enzymes or those who secrete very little.
Lactose enzymes begin to be secreted from the intestinal mucosa before birth and are secreted very vigorously as soon as they are born, and it is common to normally digest lactose contained in breast milk or artificial nutrition.
It is common for most infants to naturally decrease the secretion of lactase enzymes in their intestinal mucosa before they reach 3-4 years of age.
If children who do not secrete lactose enzymes eat cow milk or foods containing cow milk, lactose is not digested, and the lactose is decayed by a group of bacteria in the small and large intestines while the lactose descends into the small and large intestine.
When cow milk decays, gasses such as lactic acid, organic acids, and hydrogen are produced, which can lead to symptoms such as bloating, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.
Lactose enzyme deficiency (lactose intolerance) can be congenital or acquired, but congenital lactase enzyme deficiency is a very rare disease.
Secondary lactose due to insufficient lactase enzyme secretion during or after suffering from pancreatic cystic fibroma, celiac disease, ulcerative colitis, gastrointestinal resection surgery, viral gastroenteritis, bacterial gastroenteritis, or drug-induced gastroenteritis. Intolerance may develop.
Secondary lactose intolerance is caused by viral gastroenteritis, bacterial gastroenteritis, or drug gastroenteritis, and lactose intolerance will naturally heal if the lactose enzyme secretion returns to normal after the gastroenteritis is cleared.
When the secretion of lactose enzymes is temporarily reduced, avoiding cow milk or foods containing cow milk is the ideal treatment.
If there is no abnormality in the gastrointestinal tract, if a small amount of lactose enzyme is secreted or if children with little or no secretion of cow milk are consumed, about 240cc of milk a day, it may not cause much trouble. It usually occurs.
60-96% of blacks, Jews, whites living in the Mediterranean, Asians, and 20% of white Americans secrete little or no lactose enzymes in the mucous membrane of the small intestine. Eating cow milk containing healthy foods can lead to lactose intolerance.
Most of the white Western parents have long believed that feeding their growing young children at least three cups of cow milk a day would make them bigger and stronger bones and teeth.
It is true that since 1915, when the electric refrigerator was invented, cow milk storage became easier, it was believed that children must eat cow milk, and the child-raising diet exercise was further encouraged.
And even now, there are many white Western parents who believe that.
In addition, since almost a century ago, white mothers in various countries in Europe fed their babies entirely for several months after birth, and nowadays, quite a few mothers are raising newborn infants through artificial nutrition instead of breastfeeding.
Members of the American Academy of Pediatrics Allergy and Asthma Division members also have agreed runny nose, coloration, asthma, otitis media, headache, muscle pain, chronic sinusitis, diabetes, asthma, fatigue syndrome, infant colic, atopic dermatitis, urticaria are caused by cow milk protein. It has been reported that a high intake of cow milk may lead to more coronary artery occlusive heart disease and obesity due to saturated fat and cholesterol in milk.
Infants need 500-600mg, children aged 10-15 years old, 600-700mg, and adults 400-800mg of calcium every day. If you eat enough cow milk, you can get enough calcium from cow milk intake. Eating just a balanced diet can help you get enough of the calcium you need every day.
Children who eat a lot of cow milk can also develop tooth decay and tooth enamel abnormalities, the Journal of Pediatrics reported.
In addition, Oskie, a professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, argued that many American children suffer from milk allergies.
cow milk can be good food for children who are not allergic to milk and are lactose-intolerant if they eat cow milk and milk-containing foods properly every day.
In children who do not, cow milk intake can cause a number of health problems.
That is why it is necessary to reconsider the notion that children must drink cow milk.
When feeding your children with cow milk, you should watch out for health problems caused by cow milk.
It is said that foods that are good for the Korean people in the Han Dynasty are selected through three generations.
Let foods to be the best medicine.
The following is an example of an Internet pediatric and adolescent health counseling question and answer on “Please tell me about food refusal and childhood anemia”.
Q&A. Please tell me about food rejection and childhood anemia.
Q. Hello sir
This is a 30-month-old baby boy. Originally, I don’t eat a lot of cow milk or food, but I eat mostly cow milk up to 2 months ago, and nowadays I feed 3 meals and feed cow milk and fruits (juice, cheese, etc.). ) If you do not try to eat it, and you put a spoonful of rice, you will feel sick.
I’m worried because he has constipation because he does not eat it.
I am worried if there is a serious problem with my nutritional status. I am worried and curious about how my child will eat well and gain weight like other children. Please help!
A. Dear Ji-ae
Hello. Thanks for the great question.
The more information you know about your child’s age, gender, past medical history, family medical history, medical examination findings, clinical examination, etc., the more helpful it is to give you an answer. I will respond based on the information you provided.
Infants of this age are required to eat the meals their parents eat.
And you must train and encourage your child to eat food with a spoon, the cup or the hand.
If possible, let the child eat himself with a spoon, cup or hand.
Parents should not spoon-feed.
Children are independent human beings, and parents can love and care for them, but not own them.
Young children continue to seek independence from their parents at that age.
It is very important to train you to pursue independence little by little and gradually.
It’s easy for all of our parents to make a property love for their children by mistake.
You shouldn’t make possessive love of your children as you own them.
cow milk is not a balanced diet.
Therefore, he can eat at least 3 meals a day and eat other snacks.
In the United States, it is said that you can eat 1 to 3 cups of cow milk a day, but this applies to children who eat cow milk and do not develop lactose intolerance and do not develop cow milk allergies. cow milk food is not a must-have.
If your children eat large amounts of cow milk, they can’t afford to eat other essential foods because your child consumes most of the nutrients and energy they need each day, such as protein, fat, and carbohydrates, from the cow milk they eat every day.
So naturally, they don’t eat anything other than cow milk.
Drinking a lot of cow milk can lead to anemia because the cow milk component does not contain enough iron.
When your child is hungry, have them eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner 3 meals with the family, and give them snacks twice a day.
According to the growth chart, the child’s weight is in 5 percentiles. Check out the growth chart to see what percentage of the growth chart you have followed from birth to the present.
If your child’s weight and height are growing along a growth chart percentage curve, you can think that the child’s current weight is normal. Each child’s growth rate is innately determined. It is almost impossible to change the rate of growth, and neither the parent nor the child himself can change it. In other words, the child must grow up according to the child.
When they receive regular health check-ups at the Pediatric office, you should also take a urine test, an anemia test, and consult about these problems.
Also, please consult with the pediatrician after receiving medical examination treatment. If you have more questions, please contact us again. Thank you. Lee Sang-won MD