In breastfed infants , evidence suggests that a hypoallergenic maternal diet may be beneficial for reducing symptoms of colic .
In formula-fed infants , colic may improve after changing from a st and ard cow ’s milk formula to either a hydrolysed protein formula or a soy-based formula .
Fibre-supplemented formulae had no effect .
Infantile colic , the cause of 10–20 % of all early paediatrician visits , can lead to parental exhaustion and stress .
A systematic review was conducted to examine whether dietary change provides an effective therapy for  infantile colic .
MATERNAL DIET AND INFANTILE COLIC IN BREAST-FED INFANTS
This paper reports the results of placebo-controlled double-blind r and omized cross-over trial design ed to examine the effects of elimination of cow 's milk from maternal diet on rates of infantile colic . Subjects were 20 exclusively breast-fed infants , aged 3 - 18 weeks , with persistent colic . Each mother was given 600 ml drink to be drunk every day ; on 6 of the days the drink contained 300 ml of cow 's milk and 300 ml of soya milk ; on the remaining days it contained 600 ml of soya milk ; the 2 drinks were formulated to be undistinguishable ; the trial days were grouped into blocks of 2 days , r and omly assigned . Mothers were also instructed to record time and duration of any colic , and to record their own daily diet . Avoidance of cow 's milk produced no beneficial effects on the incidence of colic in the babies ; but when frequency of colic was related to days on which specific foods were eaten by the mothers the rates of colic were found to be significantly higher on days on which mothers reported eating chocolate or fruit . These results do not support the contention that elimination of cow 's milk from maternal diet may influence the likelihood of infantile colics ; the source of colic , however , can not be attributed to a single dietary component , but it may involve a combination of foodstuffs
In breastfed infants , evidence suggests that a hypoallergenic maternal diet may be beneficial for reducing symptoms of colic .
In formula-fed infants , colic may improve after changing from a st and ard cow ’s milk formula to either a hydrolysed protein formula or a soy-based formula .
Fibre-supplemented formulae had no effect .
Infantile colic , the cause of 10–20 % of all early paediatrician visits , can lead to parental exhaustion and stress .
A systematic review was conducted to examine whether dietary change provides an effective therapy for  infantile colic .