I really enjoyed the  comment on the later ill health effects of ABM. I was
not breastfed nor were my parents and my father was diagnosed with Celiac
Disease last week, an allergy to the gluten in wheat that causes destruction
of the villi in the small intestine, which causes malabsorption. I have
similar symtpoms and now have to cut out all wheat in my diet, not an easy
task. I was fed cows milk because I refused formula (smart baby) and took
very little cow's milk. I was always in the 5th percentile or less for
weight. My parents are not supportive of my desire to be a LC, they don't
believe HM has advantages. From the reading I have done  the cause is
multifactorial(genetic and the prescence of an adenovirus attaching to the
intestinal lining causing initial damage to the villi and then triggering the
disease later in life). I am a little perterbed that breastfeeding still does
not get the credit it deserves. Since HM coats the intestine and protects it
the possibility for ABM being a factor in the later development of this
disease is high . Celiac disease could be yet another allergy prevented by
breastfeeding.Sincerely, Lisa Mooney, RN, BSN ( taking the CLC exam in JULY
99) Perhaps you can share this with the parents who chose ABM over
HM......How can a large percentage of people believe that as mammals we
create a species specific milk for our young and that it is not far superior
to any thing man made??? IT boggles the mind....  Science is merely the
systematic observation of Mother Nature's Perfection

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