Valerie wrote: << I find it interesting that this is a patent from an infant formula company. Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC "Unless there is reason to suspect an infant will be allergic to mammalian milk, such as cow's milk, and/or to the protein in "soy milk", as for instance when an older sibling suffered from the allergy, a typical infant acquires cow's milk-induced enteropathy or enterocolitis, commonly referred to as "damaged gut", and becomes at-risk under several circumstances. >> Valerie, Thanks again for your input. I find it ironic that all it might take for women to want to embrace breastfeeding, or at least breastmilk feeding, would be to take a look at the admissions formula companies make in their own research patents... Judy LeVan Fram, Brooklyn, USA *********************************************** 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