Dear Seema, The information your colleague was given about the caloric content, esp of hindmilk, is overly simplistic. Jackie Kent, Leon Mitoulas and Ching Tat Lai from Hartmann's group, have done great research in this area. Kent found that the fat content varies so much that the foremilk of feedings spaced closer together can be higher in fat than the content of hindmilk when feedings are spaced farther apart. Lai found a lot of variance in caloric content--one mom's milk was 46 cal/oz! Hartmann's group is trying to develop viable "MOM" Mother's own milk human milk fortifier. These presentations were made at the Amarillo Conference, which I recommend highly, and not just because it's in Texas :-) WRT the increased mineral needs--the archives have a lot of that information, especially from Dr. Nancy Wight. HTH, Anna Swisher, MBA, IBCLC Abundant Blessings Austin, TX *********************************************** 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