The new edition of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding  (2003, by La Leche
League International) has this to say about cholesterol:  "Cholesterol
is another type of fat used to build tissue in the brain and nervous
system.  Human milk contains geneerous amounts of cholesterol, which a
baby needs in his first two years of life.  Also, research suggests that
exposure to cholesterol via human milk may enable a person to handle
dietary cholesterol better as an adult.  Infant formula contains far
less cholesterol than human milk.  Low cholesterol formula might seem
like a good thing, given that adults are encouraged to limit their
intake of cholesterol, but the nurtitional needs of growing babies are
different than those of growing adults."

references for this paragraph are:

"Breastfed babies have lower cholesterol later in life"  Bergson, E., et
al.  Serum lipid values in adolescence are related  to family history,
infant feeding, and physical growth.  ARTHEROSCOLOSIS  1995; 117:1-3

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