When a person suddenly stops eating (or severly cuts back) her body
tends to go into "starvation" mode-conserving wherever it can.  I
wonder if the Leningrad moms had a more gradual onset of
"starvation".  If they gradually had less and less to eat, perhaps
their bodies did not go into as much of a conservation mode.  If
this is part of the explanation (in addition to the all-important
aspect of mom's mental attitude), perhaps if the moms switched more
gradually to the lo-carb diets their supply wouldn't be as affected.

Just speculating.

Winnie RNC, IBCLC

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