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<<But new research reported on Friday by doctors at the Institute of Child
Health has raised questions about the optimal duration for breast feeding.

Professor Alan Lucas and his team have found that young adults who had been
breastfed for more than four months have stiffer arteries, an early marker
of heart disease, than people who had been bottle fed or breast fed for a
shorter time.

"The longer the duration of breastfeeding the stiffer we found arteries to
be in 20-28 year-old men and women," Lucas told Reuters.>>

Ah, Alan Lucas!  I thought that name sounded familiar! Just 3 clicks of the mouse dug up the following article by Mr. Lucas at the website of the International Association of Infant Food Manufacturers.  He wrote an article which this website highlights on their site.  It is called "Collaborative research with infant formula companies should not always be censored". <http://www.ifm.net/ifm_net/newsart.html>

Just sitting here wondering who sponsored the research about "stiffened" arteries from breastfeeding after 4 months!


Ruth Scuderi

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