Thanks to Evi and Marsha for raising this topic.
The first thing I thought when I read Marsha's message was...what if they
dried human milk? I wonder what the analysis would be. Looking at liquid
milk, it's 7% lactose, 1-10% fat with an average of about 3% if I remember
right, and less than 1% protein, with some whey proteins making a small
additional contribution. Humans are designed to take in lots of sugar and to
respond to sweet tastes.
I think the problem comes from substituting a manufactured and highly
processed (hence unnatural) product for the natural nutritional and
protective system of fresh mothers' milk, tailor-made for each baby by a
mother who shares her baby's environment, and delivered by a process
(breastfeeding) that makes both partners feel good. The process of
breastfeeding also has built-in limits on supply and demand, like satiety
and sleepiness, CCK and FIL.
Bottle-feeding with formula is more of a market-run system, where the issues
are not "Is the baby getting the right amount for optimum growth and
development? Are the mother's breasts healthy and comfortable? and, How is
the nutrition status of both mom and baby?" but "How much demand can we
create? How much product can we sell? How much profit can we make? and How
can we compete for a bigger market share?"
In one of Linda Smith's lectures, I heard her say that Lactogenesis II is
like adding sugar water to colostrum.
I agree that the high-fructose corn syrup in so many human foods that are
made in the USA is probably making us sick, just as feeding corn to US
cattle and pigs is probably making them sick too. And now the US
policy-makers want agribusiness to grow more corn so we can feed it to the
cars!!
Chris
Chris Mulford, RN, IBCLC
LLL Leader Reserve
Working for WIC in South Jersey (Eastern USA)
Chair, Workplace Bf Support Committee, USBC
Co-coordinator, Women & Work Task Force, WABA
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