Dairy Foods May Reduce Asthma Risk

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Wednesday, 02 July 2003

Milk and butter may help to protect infants against asthma, according to research published yesterday. It said a Western obsession with low-fat diets might be contributing to soaring rates of the disease.

Daily consumption of full-cream milk and butter was linked with reduced rates of asthma in a Dutch study of almost 3,000 two-year-olds.

Other dairy products, such as yoghurt and chocolate milk, were also found to reduce the likelihood of developing wheeze and asthma.

Source: Maxine Frith, Health Correspondent The Independent 01 July 2003. For full story go to:
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health/story.jsp?story=420617