Melissa said:
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Just was in a seminar by a doctor who is mainly a defense expert in  child 
abuse cases.  I was glad she brought up the possibility  child  abuse really 
being rickets esp. in women with dark skin, but she  emphatically  with 
hand gestures, told eveyrone in room (about 60 lawyers)  that breastmilk has 
ZERO vit. D.  I knew it was wrong and quickly checked  and a CDC cite refuting 
that,  but for political reasons could not  challenge her publicly. I did 
approach her afterwards and she agreed to say it  does not have enough. You 
could hear people gasping when she said it and I  pointed that it would 
discourage people from breastfeeding.
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Grrrrrr.  And the  REASON breastmilk is low in Vit D is because mothers 
have low Vit D  levels.  Children have low Vit D levels.  Men have low Vit D  
levels.  We are a 21st century people with low vitamin D levels.  
 
I'd love to know how  many on this list have had their own Vit D levels 
checked, and how many who have  had them tested found that they were at least 
50 or above.  
 
We could prevent a lot  of preterm births, especially among African 
American mothers if they were  supplemented with 6400 I/U Vit D per day.  That 
would also give adequate  amounts in the breastmilk.  
 
Lots and lots of good  stuff with Vit D, and yet most people do not take 
adequate amounts -- and yet  the benefits are legion.
 
Jan Barger, RN, MA,  IBCLC, FILCA (who had a level of 34 which is now up to 
62 on 4000 I/U per  day....a level high enough to decrease the risk of 
breast cancer by 50%).  
Wheaton IL



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