That comparison is markedly lacking but touching only on a few of the many
diffrences between the two milks.  It does not list ALL of the elements in
either milk.

All that needs to be said when a mother asks why human milk has LESS
vitamins is that formula has TOO MUCH of some things (inlcuding protein,
etc.) and TOO FEW or NONE of the other important things.

More is not better when it is not what the baby should have.  Too much of
the water soluble vitamins, for example, simply result in the excess being
peed out--hence the "richness" of the US sewer system.

Too much of the fat soluble vitamins can result in toxicities if carried to
additional extremes, as some people do when they get vitamins at health
food stores and take VERY HIGH levels of same.


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