Perhaps this has been mentioned, but I would suppose the estrogens and
other hormones given to the cows who make the milk for milk based ABM as
well as phytoestrogens in soy based formula are also to blame. That coupled
with the anti-estrogen protective properties of human milk not being used
would make a ABM fed baby highly likely breeding ground for Precocious
Puberty.

Just in my experience as the mother of 3 and seeing my teen daughter's
friends, many of whom experienced PP, it appears that this problem is much
more common among children who were ABM fed as infants.

I have also read that our meat heavy diet exposes our young children to
many of the hormones that are used to artificially fatten cattle.

This may also be partly responsible for the alarming rate of decreased
sperm counts in young men in their 20s. Disposable diapers have been blamed
by some (including me!) I would think that due the triple whammy of the
extra heat on the scrotum caused by the diapers, the estrogens in ABM and
the hormones in meat we are not seeing MORE infertile young men.

Mary Jozwiak IBCLC
Private Practice

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