On 03/02/2006, at 9:42, LuAnn Smith wrote: > The breast milk sample was not a 24 hour one, for obvious reasons > and so it obviously has dubious clinical value (sigh!) however the > tryglyceride content (I'm not sure why total fat content was not > measured), is 90% less than it should be. Glucose, lactose and > protein all WNL's. It was collected with a hospital grade pump, > however I am unsure of collection container, transport, and what > time of day sample was collected, etc. as I was not involved with > that process. From what I've read, triglyceride levels seem to equate, to a first approximation, to total fat. http://www.unu.edu/unupress/food/8F174e/8F174E04.htm#Constituents%20of %20human%20milk The simplest explanation would appear to be that the mum pumped off a little milk while full. (That's the easiest time to pump, after all!) Hartmann's findings have shown that "41-95% of the variance of the fat content of milk was explained by degree of breast emptying." http://ep.physoc.org/cgi/content/abstract/78/6/741 A second sample taken after thorough drainage might tell a completely different story. Lara Hopkins *********************************************** 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