I think you mean the "iron" in breastmilk. This is an issue about
lactoferrin binding, isn't it? Someone want to explain this? I 've read it
in Ruth Lawrence....and I 'm sure that if one does a search for
Lactoferrin, there will be a lot of posts on this in the archives.

Kathleen


At 2/7/2002 07:14 PM -0500, you wrote:
>When I first studied to become an
>LC, I was taught that breast-fed babies who needed formula supplements
>whould be given iron-free formula, so as not to interfere with their bodies'
>ability to utilize the formula in breastmilk.


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