I had an off-list e-mail conversation with Linda and she asked me to please send it to the list, 
too. So you could all have a laugh. 

> It can be very difficult, all those abreviations in a foreign
> language. I thought it was an abreviation of 'Aunt Flo'. We do have
> too many menstruation cycless in our life for our good health, too. It makes
> a lot more sense though when I read it as artificial feeding.

And where did I hear about Aunt Flo? On the website of the MUseum of Menstrual History. It 
is clogged with google adds at the moment, but it has a lot of information: 
http://www.mum.org/

Heleen

On 31 Oct 2007 at 12:00, Debbi Heffern wrote:

> Heleen, AF=artificial feeding
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: cancer mega news
> 
> Am I right in supposing that the abreviation 'AF' indicates
> menstruation?
> 
> On 31 Oct 2007 at 12:09, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> 
> >  Pam.
> > I understand why you are happy to hear that the media is publicizing
> > the link between not breastfeeding and breast cancer, but I think
> > there are many things to consider. First, they are still not saying
> > what is actually true--that AF causes breast cancer. Feeding babies
> > at breast is normal and NOT having breast cancer is normal. Women
> > should not have to turn their heads inside out to extrapolate that
> > AF causes breast cancer--it should be plainly stated, based upon the
> > data. 
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