Raw Cow Milk Consumption and the Atopic March

摘要

The article “Dietary Prevention of Atopic March in Pediatric Subjects with Cow’s Milk Allergy” in Frontiers of Pediatrics, 11 August 2020, reviews potential solutions to the current worldwide increase in cow’s milk allergies. The authors state that “In the last years, diet is emerging as a relevant strategy to prevent allergic diseases through the active modulation of among others the immune system.” We agree that there is an urgent need to find new dietary strategies to prevent food allergies as well as the allergic march. However, we feel that the authors of this review miss an important potentially preventive measure, namely raw, unpasteurized farm milk or more gently processed milk.