On 29/10/2004, at 21:24, ellen shein wrote:

> I have just come back on the list after quite a long absence. (may)
> good to be back.
> I searched the archives, but to no avail, but has the study from Arch
> Dis Child Fetal Neonatal) 23/10/2004 been discussed here? they claim
> that anti-oxidants in breastmilk refrigerated for more than 48 hours
> or frozen are destroyed.

That wasn't the conclusion at all. The authors found that the levels of
antioxidants in stored colostrum are lower than in freshly expressed
colostrum (they didn't look at mature milk at all). Their results also
showed that no matter how the colostrum was stored, levels of
antioxidants were significantly higher than in artificial baby milk.
The abstract was poorly written, and most media articles on the subject
were even poorer. If you don't have access to the full study, see the
numbers here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8122-1322249,00.html

Lara Hopkins

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