I attended a workshop with Michel Odent this weekend, and he referred
to a study showing that tooth decay in very young children correlates to
a stressful event during gestation  (he's referring to a major life
stressor - a death or traumatic incident, not general job stress).  I
don't have the reference but can get it...just thought it was
interesting in light of this discussion.  I agree that it can't be all
dairy, since we aren't designed to drink dairy...

Morgan Kennedy Henderson
LLL Leader
Independent Childbirth Educator
Wellesley, MA  USA
>A word of caution about REDUCING dairy products during pregnancy. In
>Harry Torney's research (Prolonged, on-demand breastfeeding and dental
>caries--an investigation.  Tormey PH. 1992. M Dent Sc Thesis. Trinity
>College, Dublin, Ireland) which has been mentioned on Lactnet before,
one
>of the factors for an increased incidence of dental decay was a
reduction
>of the amount of dairy consumed during pregnancy because of a concern
>about allergies.


>There must be another factor involved here, as most of the world, both
>prehistorically and today, does not drink milk in adulthood --
including
>during pregnancy, and most of the world's children (prehistorically and

>today) do NOT have the dental decay problems we see in children in
"modern"
>countries today.

>Thanks to all who sent references and leads!


>Kathy D.
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