http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/21/opinion/21planck.html?em&ex=1180152000&en=04ec62217430bb85&ei=5087%0A

An op-ed piece on the shortcomings of a vegan diet for lactating women and 
babies.  Excerpt:
Responsible vegan parents know that breast milk is ideal. It contains many 
necessary components, including cholesterol (which babies use to make nerve 
cells) and countless immune and growth factors. [snip]  Yet even a 
breast-fed baby is at risk. Studies show that vegan breast milk lacks enough 
docosahexaenoic acid, or DHA, the omega-3 fat found in fatty fish. It is 
difficult to overstate the importance of DHA, vital as it is for eye and 
brain development.

Diane Michel
Boulder, CO 

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