Just to add to the discussion: Twice recently, in online lactation support, I've come across green stools being because the mother was on a low fat diet. Extremely low fat. On a third occasion, a mother cut out dairy for sensitivity and then realised she'd also cut out most of her fat intake and had wondered if this is why the stools had stayed green after the sensitivity had been dealt with (baby was no longer fussy, but stools remained green). On all three cases, raising the mother's fat intakes to an appropriate level brought out the desired yellow poop in short order. One of these mothers had been virtually no-fat throughout her pregnancy, and was also drinking vast quantities of water. Both the low-fat mothers had babies that were not gaining weight, in addition to green stools. Many modern women are shocked to discover that their minimum intake on fats should be 20% of their daily calorific intake, and that for pregnant and lactating women 30% is a better bench mark figure. Many nursing mothers are also unaware that they have to take good fats in to acheive good fats out in their breastmilk. "Fat" is a dirty word in the West, it seems, on many counts. I've also found it useful to ask how much fat a woman is actually taking in, as the answer "lots" doesn't mean very much - especially if they have food issues and are actually on practically no fats at all. Hoping this is useful to someone.... Morgan Gallagher Online Lactaneer _________________________________________________________________ Match.com - Click Here To Find Singles In Your Area Today! http://msnuk.match.com/ *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]