AngelaLynch
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There is a well know correlation between the onset of type 1 and cows milk being given to children at an early age https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11206413
There is a well know correlation between the onset of type 1 and cows milk being given to children at an early age https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11206413I have recently noticed a pattern with type 1 through my family, but when I was diagnosed, I was told it was NOT family related and was through a virus?
I'm just wondering if type 1 diabetes will always be passed on to family? Is this always true? And is there any possibility that type 1 can be prevented to be passed on from parents?
Diabetes is genetic so I'm not sure if there is a way and it is definitely not due to a virus
Cows milk is a well know trigger for type 1, lots of studies to show it, strangely never mentioned by diabetics, no one is telling them https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11206413
Oh wow that's interesting. And also reassuring because I worry about my son but I exclusively breastfed him for 6 months so at least I know I've done what I can to try and reduce the risk of him having an onset of T1 later on
Hmm. My eldest loved cows milk when she was a toddler. Not diabetic. My youngest hardly touched the stuff. She's type 1.
You have to have the Type 1 genes to dvelop Type 1, however most people with the genes do not develop it. There has to be an environmental trigger. That isn't known yet. It may need a series of events for Type 1 to occur.
My consultant told me Type 1 is 20% genes, 80% environment.
If you're asking about the risk of passing it on to your children, then there is a very slightly increased risk, but that depends on a number of variables eg what age you were when you developed it. It certainly isn't a fact that your children will get it.
If the mother is type 1 diabetic, there is a 1-4% chance the child will be type 1. If the father is type 1 diabetic there is a 4-8% chance the child will have type 1 diabetes. This is the same for each child you have, first child, second child, third child, the chance with each pregnancy is the same.
That's correctYou can't catch Type 1 from another person.
But some studies have suggested a virus may trigger the immune attack - just a normal virus, but one that for some reason our bodies overreact to.
I think it needs a sequence of events to trigger Type 1, and we've just been unlucky enough to have this happen to,us.
Lots of evidence that cows milk is the main trigger, I can not believe that diabetics are not told this
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11206413
But not proven yet.
Personally, I believe there may be more than one trigger.
Yes, more than one trigger, but the connection with milk is proven, the dairy industry has funded studies to try and disprove it, just as the smoking industry tried to say smoking did not cause lung cancer. In one study the relationship between milk and type 1 was stronger than the relationship between smoking and lung cancer
Which is why I wish more was done to promote breastfeeding in the UK.
Yes I agree, and spread the word among diabetics
My consultant was very good and mentioned it when I had my first baby. I'd asked her what I could do to reduce the chances of a child of mine getting Type 1 and she said "Breastfeed". I'd already decided to breastfeed anyway as formula was never an option, but I was impressed that she said that.
I think that's a bit strong. I wouldn't say it was proven. There's correlation, but there's also correlation amongst those who didn't drink large amounts of cow's milk and went on to develop T1. And similarly, very strong correlation between certain viruses as a youngster (enteroviruses being one of those) and development of T1. I'd say proof was an overly strong word.Yes, more than one trigger, but the connection with milk is proven, the dairy industry has funded studies to try and disprove it, just as the smoking industry tried to say smoking did not cause lung cancer. In one study the relationship between milk and type 1 was stronger than the relationship between smoking and lung cancer
I think that's a bit strong. I wouldn't say it was proven. There's correlation, but there's also correlation amongst those who didn't drink large amounts of cow's milk and went on to develop T1. And similarly, very strong correlation between certain viruses as a youngster (enteroviruses being one of those) and development of T1. I'd say proof was an overly strong word.
I think there is enough evidence to advices parents and for us to avoid it. It is not even talked about, I recognise it does not stand alone, other factors in combination are probably at work.
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