I have had to sit thru several rep presentations on Lipil.  They took info
from the WHO (I believe) study on the levels of DHA/ARA in breast milk world
wide.  The levels depend very much on diet.  The levels are highest in China
or places where the diet is very high in fish.  They are lowest in desert
regions of the world.  They took the average and set the levels there.  (They
like to point out that the levels in Similac Advance are not as high as
theirs.)  The typical American diet produces DHA/ARA levels which are below
the world average.  Hence, the reps can represent that their product has
higher levels of these fatty acids than breast milk as long as they are
talking to an American audience.   In any of the presentations I have been to,
the reps do not volunteer the source of the fatty acids.

Gayle Prehn, RN, IBLC

             ***********************************************

To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail
To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest)
To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
All commands go to [log in to unmask]

The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html