Yes to the question on melanoma rates being high in the Aus adult
population - I think we're up there with the highest in the world, and also
for asthma.  But even then we don't advise mothers to avoid all sunlight on
their infants.

I agree with Lara that this has been an amazing overgeneralisation from a
small cohort - and it isn't an intervention with NO downside either as
others have pointed out - ie. other vitamins and minerals interfering with
those in breastmilk, and the message that breastmilk isn't good enough.
I know that supplementing mothers postnatally won't make a scrap of
difference because breastmilk never was meant to be the infants source of
vit D anyway, but what about antenatal supplements to make sure that babies
are born with their full quota.  That quota (please correct me if I'm wrong
here Cynthia G-M)  will last for at least the first two months and longer
if the baby is getting a little touch of sunlight every so often during
that time.  Maybe babies were designed so that if they were born in winter
and weren't taken outside they had two months supply before the weather
started to improve and mothers started doing normal things with their
babies, like taking them for a walk!

 From my interpretation of the concern it's that mothers have low vit D
levels and therefore their babies are behind in their supplies before they
are even born.  Let's spend all that money on encouraging pregnant women to
go for walks in the early morning or late afternoon, and to continue that
when their baby is born.  Exercise, fresh air and normal vitamin D - sounds
a lot healthier for all concerned to me!

Denise

Denise Fisher
mailto:[log in to unmask]
http://www.health-e-learning.com

             ***********************************************

To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail
To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest)
To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
All commands go to [log in to unmask]

The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html