>    Fri, 30 Mar 2001 12:53:22 -0500
> From:    Deborah S-Q
> Subject: article on cow'smilk
>
> I enjoyed the article that Kathy D gave the link to. In the same link
> there
> was also an article on the increase of rickets with, of course, a
> negative,
> though small, reference to breastmilk:  "The government attributes the
> comeback to the popularity of milk substitutes like soy that lack certain
> nutrients; the failure to supplement breast milk with vitamin D; and a
> lack
> of childhood exposure to sunlight." Sigh.
> deborah sowery-quinn
>
I continue to be interested in this subject, and keep wondering whether
to run out to the drug-store (but never do!)
Interestingly, there is a problem of rickets (and tuberculosis, and
diabetes) on our First Nations in Canada, and they are probably all
related to shifts in diet and life-style that are more major than the
slight increase in the consumption of soy milk recently. However, I was
told my one bf mother that the doctor on her Reserve routinely
recommends soy rather than dairy-based formulas to the large proportion
of non-bf mothers.

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