In a message dated 2/20/1 2:29:42 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<< So- does WIC respond to the needs of lactose
intolerant or vegan moms? >>

Not at all in the communities I am familiar with. And that is the point of
all of this. Not that people shouldn't have choices, but that they should
have educated choices available to them. Most of what passes as "nutrition"
education in this country, esp as it is available to the poor, IMO, keeps
them dependent on diets which do not support health, much as they may, for a
time, support life. Is this not analogous to the situation which exists
concerning "formula" as well? In fact, a great deal of "education" relied
upon by parents comes from those very same companies.
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA

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