<<I agree that rice milk is not a good source of fat in the diet, although I try to suggest that the mom use rice milk in things like cereal or cooking for a couple of weeks if cow milk seems to be a culprit and add EFA's to her diet in the form of fish oil (being very careful about brands) or flax oil or seeds.>> absolutely. rice milk, soy milk and cow milk aren't a source of the kinds of fat humans need for optimum health unless those cows are grassfed - and even then it's......well, that's another post probably for another list. there are many excellent brands of molecularly distilled fish oil on the market. I am also in receipt of documentation from the company that makes the fish oil for Sam's Club and Coscto - it's 300 caps for $7.99 and is molecularly distilled. <<Please note, that I am in no way advocating this diet for a breastfeeding mom (or anyone else), only addressing some issues that I think might be misunderstood about raw foods (I eat at least 50% raw>> me too. << but would only choose all raw for an intentional fast period, not for life>> exactly my thoughts. <<I would love to know what this baby is eating besides breastmilk.>> Also, what possessed mom to make this choice and what was her diet like prior to going raw? I wonder is if her nutrition was already compromised in some way (baby FTT, low milk supply) that has not been addressed. Perhaps B12 or zinc? >> mmhmm. and iron perhaps? katherine in atl *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html