Dear Friends: Human milk moves out of the stomach quickly and through the gut slowly. Formula moves out of the stomach slowly and through the gut quickly. The absolute difference in digestion lays the groundwork for adult gut disease. I learned this courtesy of Valerie McCain, who posted links to patents, invented to keep formula from making babies sick. Thank you Valerie!! < http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6190724.PN.&OS=PN/6190724&RS=PN/6190724 > Inventor's name is Sawatzki: "The qualitative differences between proteins in formula foods and human milk proteins i.e. mother's milk proteins overall result in a different course of digestion. Thus for example the residence time of the human milk proteins in the stomach is shorter than that of the proteins from formula foods. On the other hand, the enzymatic breakdown of the human milk proteins in the small intestine takes place considerably more slowly than that of the proteins from formula foods." Talk about a smoking gun!! warmly, -- Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI craniosacral therapy practitioner www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome