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Cow's milk is now the most common fatal food allergy in kids

From Switch4Good / KillerMilk.com
April 2024

More and more children are dying from allergic reactions to dairy. And while everybody knows about peanuts—and other fatal food allergens—hardly anyone seems to know that milk is a more dangerous killer.

According to a landmark study published in the British Medical Journal in 2021; “In school aged children, cow’s milk is now the most common single cause of fatal anaphylaxis.”

According to the BMJ study, since 1992, deaths due to peanuts and tree nuts have declined, but deaths from cow’s milk exposure have increased.


Food Allergen Prevalence by Age Among Children with Physician Diagnosed Food Allergy

A milk allergy is the most common in children under 5, and continues to be high at all ages. It’s dangerous. According to a cross-sectional survey of nearly 40,000 kids, more than 47% of children with a milk allergy have had to visit the emergency room at least once due to exposure.
At Switch4Good, we are helping healthcare providers and parents access resources to help diagnose and mitigate this potentially lethal allergy.

The Real-world Tragedy of Fatal Dairy Allergy

Statistics count. Science-based studies are crucial to understanding what causes fatal dairy allergies. But let’s not lose sight of the most important aspect of this quiet epidemic of deaths from dairy—the human toll.

Fatal Food Allergies Are On the Rise Everywhere

Under the headline, ‘It’s one of the great mysteries of our time’: why extreme food allergies are on the rise – and what we can do about them,” The Guardian newspaper has been tracking the global uptick in severe food allergies. The article focuses on yet another case of fatal anaphylaxis, the death of five-year-old Benedict Blythe —ending on an extremely ominous note from Benedict’s mother, Helen:

“Sending an allergic child out into this world of rising allergens is a more extreme version of the anxieties all parents face when their child starts school. You want them to feel free to explore the world and all its joys without fear. At the same time, how can you possibly relax when danger lurks in a splash of the wrong milk?”

Most schools don’t allow peanuts or tree nuts, yet every kid is still served a carton of cow’s milk with their lunch. For some of those children, a glass of cow’s milk could very well be a death sentence. Don’t let your child be next.

How Dairy Kills

To be clear, cow’s milk is not only a threat to children. Dairy is potentially dangerous for EVERYONE. Most Americans grew up drinking milk because BIG DAIRY lied to all of us. Working in collusion with the Federal Government, BIG DAIRY sold us the lie that “Milk does a body good.” They said we needed milk to be healthy and have strong bones. But it’s just not true.

It’s like when BIG TOBACCO told us cigarettes don’t kill you. For years, cigarette manufacturers used slick PR and advertising campaigns (remember the Marlboro Man?) while hiding over 500 studies that proved nicotine was addictive and cigarettes kill.

Taking a page from the tobacco industry’s playbook, BIG DAIRY also hides behind slick marketing and lies. But make no mistake, like tobacco, DAIRY is a KILLER.

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For much more on this, please visit KillerMilk.com.

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