Apropos Kathleen Bruce's recent comment, my colleague Dr
Heli Bathija remarks: <Through research we are making
generalizations. We can say that in a large group of women
*on average* the milk supply was not decreased [while using
DP]. This unfortunately does not exclude a possibility that
it might do so in specific cases. However, our message is
that no woman should stop breast-feeding because she wants
to use DP and no woman should be denied the use of DP
because she is breast-feeding. The difficulty in most health
education messages is that they are correct in most cases,
but occasionally don't suit an individual.>
Jim Akre, Nutrition unit, WHO, Geneva