Toddler Diagnosed With An Overdose of Cow’s Milk
A two-year-old in Oregon was so pale that doctors suspected he had blood cancer, but after a comprehensive blood panel his diagnosis was changed; he was drinking too much cow’s milk. Laura Donovan’s son Johnny started drinking cow’s milk at one year old, but by two he was fatigued, fussy, and more prone to tantrums.
Why did cow’s milk cause this problem? Because it hurts the body’s ability to absorb iron. The tests showed that Johnny’s hemoglobin level was only half what it should have been. Doctors recommend 16 to 24 ounces of cow’s milk a day; Johnny drank around 30 to 40 ounces a day for a year.
Source: Daily Mail