Interesting………this was the argument I was given when someone was trying to convince me to leave my name on the paper which hinted that breastfeeding for longer than one year was "dangerous" to infant health. Note that here the Lucas article is also cited as it is in the paper. For those of you who don't remember, my hospital did a wonderful study showing that fat content of human milk was higher after the first year. I was thrilled that finally we would have an argument to those peds who are saying that breastfeeding for longer than a few months was useless since breast milk turns to water after a while. Instead of emphasizing the benefits, the work was twisted to say that breastfeeding for longer was actually detrimental to health later in life. I was told that no other species of animals continues to breastfeed when they start eating meat. Seeing this assumption again makes me believe that this is a new slant by the artificial milk companies, since the person who told me this is in very tight with one of the largest companies. Can this journal ( New Scientist) be traced to artificial milk money?? I have noticed this before in this particular journal. Esther Grunis, IBCLC -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.2 - Release Date: 28/01/2005 *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html