Girls spread the word about health benefits of goat's milk

WHEN little Izzy Toms started having severe diarrhoea her mum Selma was desperate to try and find out what was causing it and what could be done to help.

It took four months for the problem to be diagnosed as ulcerative colitis an inflammatory bowel disease.

During that uncertain time Selma tried changing Izzys diet to see if it would help relieve the symptoms and she also consulted a friends daughter who is a nutritionist.

I was looking for an answer. As a mum, I was really puzzled about how this had happened and I wanted to try and help her.

She was about four years old and while she was waiting for a diagnosis, which took about four months, I was trying to change her diet to help.

I was desperate. The nutritionist thought it might be a reaction to gluten or that she was coeliac. I also tried a lactose-free diet and gave her soya and other milk. It did not seem to make any difference, said Selma, who originates from Turkey and now lives in Fernhill Heath with her husband Matt and their two daughters.

I come from a Mediterranean country where there are goats and I know they eat the right things. I said Why not try goats milk. The calcium is higher in goats milk than cows milk.

She really loved it and it did not make the colitis worse and she was getting all the calcium she needed.

Once the ulcerative colitis was diagnosed Izzy was given medication but continued to drink goats milk instead of cows milk.

Selma said they still dont know what caused the colitis. It could be genetic or due to environmental factors, a virus or stress. I was pregnant with my second child at the time and we were also moving house so that could have been stressful.

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Girls spread the word about health benefits of goat's milk