yes, i still see alot of misunderstanding about lactose. alot of misuse of lactose free formulas as well. this is my understanding of the situation : generally speaking, infants tolerate lactose, as that is the milk sugar in breastmilk - duh! they have the enzyme lactase to digest it. however, babies whose mothers have hyperlactation syndrome (oversupply) get a greater PROPORTION (or percentage) of lactose-loaded milk. so even though they have the enzyme lactase to handle the lactose, they sort of get too much lactose for that feed. this would not have anything to do w/ the mother's consumption of lactose in ice cream or other dairy products. the extra lactose she consumes may cause her lactose intolerance but her body does not deposit the extra undigested lactose in her milk. as children age, and naturally outgrow the need for breastmilk, and naturally take less of it, their production of the lactase enzyme decreases. hence older children and adults become lactose intolerant. we have discussed in our archives how possibly / probably humans are not meant to consume milk at older ages. dairy allergy or sensitivity has to do w/ the protein portion of the milk not the milk sugar. i still hear LCs getting mixed up about this. Laurie Wheeler, IBCLC, MN, RN New Orleans Louisiana, s.e. USA _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus *********************************************** 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(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html