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June Rychlik <[log in to unmask]>
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In a message dated 9/8/01 1:39:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< Has anyone heard of this? I've heard a couple people mention they "know of"
 people who insist their children are "allergic" to milk *fat*, and that
 their child needs to have skim milk, if they're given whole milk, they
 become constipated. As soon as the child is switched to skim, the problems
 resolve. Of course, this is also given as the reason why the mom couldn't
 breastfeed {rolls eyes}. I'm wondering if skimming the milk also removes
 some or most of the milk protein? I don't have any milk in our fridge to
 compare labels and see if skim milk has less protein than whole milk. Anyone
 know, or have heard of this? >>

Actually, skim milk has a little more protein per serving than whole milk. As
you remove the fat, it displaces some over the overall volume, and the extra
protein comes in when you make up the difference.

Certainly, if whole milk constipates a child, we KNOW that breastmilk isnt'
consitpating! And skim milk is inadequate to meet a young child's fat needs,
unless the rest of the diet is carefully constructed to provide that fat.
There are some cases in the literature of failure to thrive in
infants/children given a primarily skim milk diet. (I'm sorry, I don't have
the references anymore)

The best way to resolve a childs constipation is to breastfeed them!!

June Rychlik,  BS, M.Ed.
Lawrence, Massachusetts WIC Program

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