Trivia from the Throne:

Here goes..... the following was computed from data in Bowes & Church's Food
Values of Portions Commonly Used 14th edition (the only one I had here in the
castle with me)

                       Human Milk           Goat's milk         Goat's milk
per 1 fl oz       (Queen's choice)    (full strength)       (1/2 strength)
Fat (g)               1.4                         1.26
                      .63
PUFA* (g)          0.2                           .05
                      .025
Cholesterol(mg)  4.0                          3.5                      1.75
Protein (g)          0.3                          1.09
                   0.55
Carbohydrate(g)  2.1                          1.36                    0.68
Sat Fat (g)          0.6                          0.81
                   0.41
Vit A (IU)          74                            56.5
                   28.25
Vit C (mg)          1                              0.38
                    .19
Folic acid (mcg)  2                              0.13                     .07
Sodium (mg)       5                            15.25                   7.63
Potassium (mg) 16                            62.38                 31.19
Calcium (mg)     10                            40.75                 20.38
Phosphorus(mg)  4                            33.75                 16.88
Iron (mg)               .07                          .015
                   .008
Zinc (mg)              .05                          .09
                     .045

As you can see, Goat's milk either diluted or undiluted is not the same as
human milk. (And I'm not even a rocket scientist!!)  Some of you biochemistry
whizzes out there may be able to compute the renal solute load from this, I
was too busy memorizing the structures of cholesterol and sex hormones  to
learn this (it was not taught in my class--we had to be able to draw all the
structures...)

One other aside about skin tags..... I grew a whole crop of them on my neck
and shoulders when I was pregnant.  I went to a dermatologist to have them
removed.  I was mistakenly under the impression that they would be burned off
or somehow humanely taken off.  Was I ever surprised to have them cut off
with little scissors and then some awful stingy stuff applied so I would not
bleed and/or infect myself...  I can't imagine what that might do to a
nipple!!

Well, I'm going to waddle back onto my throne now.  Ta Ta..... Queen Calorie
 (who just had the most depressing experience as she secretly stepped on some
scales that just came to live in her office--Yikes) ([log in to unmask])

PS.  For my trivia knowledge... If "bovine" refers to cattle, what is the
similar word that refers to goats? (I don't have a clue!!)