Wow, Valerie.  I couldn't believe what you sent us about the objectives of
using human milk components:
       "A fourth objective...A preferred application is in monitoring the
concentration of gp85-97 protein in human milk [my emphasis] to determine if an
infant is receiving the appropriate amount of this protein for maximum health
benefit."
       Good grief!  So now they are going to be wanting to sell this
component to breastfeeding mothers, and once again making mothers doubt the
completeness of their breastmilk.  This makes me so angry!  Who are they to determine
what the "appropriate amount" would be for any particular baby?!  We can't trust
that a mother's body will make the appropriate amount based upon her
particular baby's needs?  If we were having this conversation face to face, instead of
me trying to type here, you would really hear me sputtering.  I can barely
put my thoughts together for how angy I am about this.  It was bad enough that
formula companies have always tried to undermine breastfeeding, but this will
go way past that when myriad companies "invent" what's already in breastmilk
and try to convince mothers that their milk is lacking in every single component
as they identify and copy more and more components.
       Dee

Dee Kassing, BS, MLS, IBCLC
Collinsville, Illinois, in central USA

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