I don't understand exactly how these toxins are accumulated. Are they only
stored when fat is being added to the body or do they continue to be
accumulated even when no fat is being added? If the former is the case then
what you said is right Kathy, but if the latter is the case then any weight
loss during pregnancy or lactation is a problem. Ans lots of women give one
of their reasons for breastfeeding as being weight loss. I'll have to do a
bit of reading to see if I can find the answer to that one.

I just want to say too that I am not advocating the breastmilk is 'bad'
because of toxins in it but rather considering how we might understand what
is happening with fat soluble toxins and how we can minimise the damage
already done.

Karleen Gribble
B.Rur.Sc. PhD
Australia

P.S.
Sorry if my typing is bad I slammed my hand in the car door the other day
and can only type single handedly.

> My understanding is that the toxins stored in fat and in the liver just
stay
> there until that fat is mobilized.  So if a breastfeeding mother is
losing
> weight fast, weight that she's had on her body for years, that has had a
> chance to accumulate lots of toxins, then that might be a problem.  But
if
> she is just eating to hunger and producing milk and not losing "old" fat,
> then there is nothing to worry about.  Also, if she is losing fat weight
> that she put on during the pregnancy, then there is nothing to worry
about,
> unless she ate tons of contaminated foods during her pregnancy, in which
> case the milk is probably not the number one concern!
>
> Kathy Dettwyler

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