Can someone with a better understanding of these fats, explain this to me?
Is this fear mongering for breastfeeding again, or it this correct???

Snipped from a CTV/Globe and Mail report:
Dangerous fats lurk in seemingly healthy snacks
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20031028/UTRAN28
/<br%20/>>%20TPHealth/

"Unfortunately, one of the richest sources of trans in the Canadian food
supply is mothers' milk," Prof. Holub said. On average, 7 per cent of the
fat in breast milk is made up of trans -- though, in some women, it has been
measured to be as high as 17 per cent. As trans goes up in breast milk, the
amount of other fats go down. One of those essential fats is alpha linolenic
acid, which the body converts into DHA, essential for brain and eye
development."

Janice Reynolds

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