>Dr. Nancy Krebs of the University of Colorado is a member of the Council for Women's Nutrition Solutions which is funded by the Beef Industry. <snip> Is it surprising that she suggests that beef is a good first weaning food?< Your sleuthing is, as usual, amazing, Valerie. Do you think this is another example of the 'reverse causality' that makes understanding outcomes of offering complimentary foods at different ages so hard? Let's not forget that Kramer adn Kakuma looked at the research on exclusive breastfeeding for ages longer than 6 months. My understanding is that they made no clear recommendation because there was very little research that met their search criteria. Magda Sachs Breastfeeding Supporter, BfN, UK *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html