I, too, take exception to the following wording in Dr. Palmer's
article:

"A multitude of studies demonstrate that when breastfeeding is
accompanied
by formula supplementation, illness and death rates are much closer
to those
of babies who are fully formula-fed."

It would be more accurate to say, "For some illnesses, such as HIV,
some studies demonstrate.................."  For other ilnesses, I
believe there is some evidence that the risk with artificial feeding
is "dose-related".  In other words, the higher the percentage of
formula in baby's diet, the higher the risk.  It may well be that
the increased risk between 0% and 5% formula intake is greater than
between 5% and 10%, but for many ilnesses, some breastmilk offers
more protection than no breastmilk.

This might be an area for future study.  Right now we are sturggling
to have accurate definitions of feeding method and having exclusive
BF be the comparison, not mixed feeds.

Winnie

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