On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:16:40 -0400, Naomi Bar-Yam <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Thanks Kathleen,
>I looked it up on the web and discovered that, indeed, it is not as
>close to human milk as people seem to think it is. I am writing an
>article in which I refer to the fact that some people use goat's milk
>because they think it is closer to human milk than cow's milk or
>formula and so I am looking for some references that people may have
>read. Do you know where people got that impression?
>
>Naomi


Well, in a free copy of Delicious Living magazine I picked up at a natural
food store, there was an advertisement for goat's milk that stated that it
was very close to breastmilk or the closest to breast milk.  Something
like that.  So that's one source.  It is also touted on the MDC boards on
occasion.

Shannon Tierney McElearney, MD

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