Abstract
The objective of this paper is to discuss the risk of supplementary feeding breastfed babies with cow's milk formula in the first few weeks of life for cow's milk allergy. The benefits of breastfeeding in reducing food allergies, the composition of human and cow milk and immunologic development of the infant are discussed. All known studies investigating the effect of supplementing breastfed infants with cow's milk formula are examined. A meta-analysis, of the studies discussed, found a risk ratio of 1.75 (95% 1.30–2.27), P=0.0001, for breastfed infants given cow's milk formula supplementation in the first few weeks of life against no supplementation given to breastfed infants.
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