Milk matters : infant feeding and immune disorder / Maureen Minchin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Book One. The milk hypothesis, immune disorder and allergy epidemics -- 1. The allergy epidemic and the milk hypothesis -- 2. How milk shapes humans -- Book Two. Creating a 'perfect' breastmilk substitute: reality and myths -- 3. Infant formula, past, present and future -- Book 3. Crying for attention -- 4. Helping hyper-reactive babies -- 5. More about manifestations of infant intolerance -- 6. Allergy, growth and other foods -- 7. Widening the diet: more than white liquids -- 8. Thoughts, conclusions and beginnings -- Appendix 1. Is this you? A story heard too often -- Appendix 2. About guilt and responsibility -- Appendix 3. This is me: about the author -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

"Maureen Minchin's latest book is a call to all who are interested in the long term health of humanity to take a better educated and research driven view of the effects of early diet. It is an impressive trilogy: Book 1 advances the milk hypothesis, that immune disorder can be communicated vertically, compounding intergenerationally, through early infant nutrition and pregnancy and birth experiences; Book 2 describes the development of replacements for breastmilk, outlining their past, present and future deficiencies and excesses, and the known or likely consequences; Book 3 links the science and history to everyday infant problems, and gives practical advice about preventing or resolving diet-related distress in young children. With her usual intelligent passion, Maureen provides compelling evidence for the necessity of feeding species-specific milk."--Back cover.