> Anyone know how to increase fat CONTENT in milk?  Increasing fat intake in
> mom's diet changes the fatty acid composition of the milk, but doesn't
> increase fat necessarily unless she's already in starvation mode, and although
> this mom is thin, she's not excessively so, and she eats far more than I do.
> (No comments from the peanut gallery here....)
>
> Jan

Jan,

I know what you say above is true.  I also know that I have had several
moms where EVERYTHING else checked out O.K. but I discovered they were
on a very low or no fat diet (took in plenty of food just no fat).  I
explained to them what the data showed as far as increasing the fat in
their diets verses increasing fat in their milk, but also confided that
I was unsure of any thing else to do but suggesting they add some fat to
their diet.  To date this has helped each mother that I have run across
in this particular situation (probably 5 or 6 moms).  Now I just tell
them that I'm not sure why but other moms I have worked with in the same
situation have found this very helpful.

Cheryl Leipold BS, IBCLC
Newnan, GA (grit country) :)