Dear Friends:
 
Dr. A. Pisacane was the first I know of to publish about the reduced  
incidence of MS in the breastfed infant.
 
What is fascinating and terrible is to look at what happened in Mexico.  
Mexico's rate of MS was negligible............until the formula companies came  in.
 
Check this one of many studies on the topic:
   
Acta Neurol Scand 2002;  105(2):88-94
"Varicella, ephemeral breastfeeding  and eczema as risk factors for multiple 
sclerosis in Mexicans."
 
 Results- : The frequency of varicella, ephemeral breastfeeding and eczema  
in the medical history of MS patients were  significant when compared with 
controls; all appeared to be mutually additive.  




 
Conclusion- :  During the last decades, breastfeeding has been abandoned in 
large segments of  society and the incidence of varicella and childhood eczema 
keeps a north-south  gradient similar to that described for MS.  These factors 
may participate in the sharp increase of MS in countries like  Mexico 
traditionally considered as an area of very low incidence.
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Your sons  could be right, Jaye. (Although there are no guarantees in life.)
 
warmly,


 
 
Nikki Lee RN, BSN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
craniosacral  therapy practitioner
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