But the young of a species being fed by its mother is not higher on 
the food chain than she is, it is at the same level.

When other mammals are feeding their young we do not think of the 
young as being another step up on the food chain.  Nor so with 
humans.  The nursing dyad is a biological unit.  The mother's dietary 
choices determine her position in the food chain, and her baby is at 
the same level she is.

I certainly agree with the gist of your post though -- no need to 
drink milk to make milk!

Margaret
Longmont, CO


>A lactating woman who eats animal products to make up
>her extra caloric needs is placing her nursing child higher on the food
>chain than a child who subsists on cow-milk formula and two steps higher
>than soy formula.  (Another reason not to "drink milk to make milk!")  Has
>anyone done an analysis of the differences taking this into account?



>Rosemary McNaughton, LLLL
>Northampton, MA
>

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