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Kathy Dettwyler <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 11 Jun 1999 07:39:24 -0500
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The mechanism of how breast milk protects against specific diseases (or
conversely how infant formula increases the risk of specific diseases) is
not known in all instances.  The specific mechanisms are known for cholera,
for example, and for diabetes, and there is pretty good evidence to support
long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in breast milk as being responsible
for better eyesight and cognitive development and less ADHD in breast-fed
children.  For those cases where the mechanism is not known, it is usually
assumed that having had breast milk during the first years of life leads to
NORMAL development of the body's own immune system, so that it is better at
preventing and fighting off many different sorts of bacterial, viral and
parasitic infections, as well as making the body less likely to develop
auto-immune diseases.

Kathy Dettwyler

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