In a message dated 6/10/03 12:42:28 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<< Other thoughts?  I like Kathy's thought about the IgA not sufficient to
coat
the gut, but I wonder about damage that is done by antibiotics and formula?
 >>

I think we may spend too much time looking at the baby and not enough at the
mom. For these large proteins to pass into mom's milk, they must first pass
through the mother's gut to enter into her bloodstream. From my fairly extensive
reading on the subject of leaky gut, I wonder if we shoudn't be helping moms
to heal their guts at the same time as we are trying to heal babies.
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA

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