I've been doing a little digging and apparently the idea has been
around at least since the 1700s probably longer. It is also practiced
in other part of the world. See Baumslag and Michels' Milk Money and
Madness.

Naomi

On Jun 16, 2004, at 11:24 AM, Jim & Winnie Mading wrote:

> Naomi asks: "Do you know where people got that impression?"
> regarding goat milk being "most like human milk".  I had a co-Leader
> over 30 years ago who adopted a baby/child around 10 months old.
> She had heard this and insisted on using goat milk rather than
> formula.  Pediatricial was very concerned, but she would not budge
> on this issue.  As far as I know, the child turned out "OK" or at
> least as OK as a formula-fed baby.  This notion has been around for
> a long time, so the source may be difficult to trace-almost like an
> urban legend.
>
> Winnie
>
>
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