Regular milk powder does not increase the risk of diabetes in infants and young children

15-year-old multi-country study found that babies with genetic susceptible type 1 diabetes can safely drink regular formula made from milk, which does not increase their risk of developing type 1 diabetes.
previous studies have suggested that early exposure to complex exo-proteins such as milk proteins in infants and young children may increase the risk of type 1 diabetes in susceptible individuals. To that end, a trial called TRIGR followed 2,159 infants in 15 countries in 2002, each with at least one family member affected by type 1 diabetes, and blood tests at birth showed that they were genetically inclined.
researchers randomly divided the babies into two groups, one drinking plain formula made from milk and the other drinking special milk powder called hydrolyzed casein formula, in which milk proteins simulate the body's digestive process and are broken down into small molecules.
all babies drink milk powder for at least two months after lying off their breast milk and stay up to 6 to 8 months old. During this time, they are not exposed to milk protein from other food sources. The median follow-up time for these children was 11.5 years.
, published in the new issue
, showed that the proportion of infants in the general milk powder group ended up with type 1 diabetes was 7.6 percent, compared with 8.4 percent in the special milk powder group, and there was no statistical difference between the two groups.
After 15 years of effort, this study ends the debate about the potential role of (ordinary) milk formula in the development of type 1 diabetes," Dorothy Becker, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh who led the study, said in a statement. Therefore, there is no evidence that the existing dietary recommendations for infants at high risk of type 1 diabetes should be revised.
diabetes is mainly divided into type 1 and type 2, of which type 1 is a hereditary autoimmune disease, mostly in adolescents, and therefore also known as adolescent diabetes, and type 2 is usually the result of environmental factors such as overweight and physical in activity. (Source: Xinhua News Agency, Lin Xiaochun Zhouzhou)