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Rachel Myr <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:25:45 -0400
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Breastmilk is The Probiotic Of Choice for infants. There is also a
lactobacillus culture on the market which is derived from the guts of
breastfed infants, sold as a probiotic for the rest of us.  Funny how they
don't market it by trumpeting about its origins ('looks like mustard, but
this is no ordinary condiment' would be amusing).  
Giving probiotics in addition to breastmilk strikes me as gilding the lily.
I share Gina G's mystification over how probiotics taken by mother during
breastfeeding can affect the nursling, though I do understand the rationale
for taking them in pregnancy.  Still I think for many women their energy
would be just as well spent trying to find a place to give birth that allows
them more than two chances in three of pushing their own baby out through
the opening intended for that purpose so their baby's gut gets colonized the
old fashioned way.
Disclaimer: I'm not much on dietary supplements, esp in tablet or capsule
form. Taking pills makes me feel like a patient when what I most want to do
is nibble, dine, or gorge.
Rachel Myr
huge fan of *food*, in Kristiansand, Norway

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