Again, the formula companies have it backwards. If lactose was not
essential, it would not be in breast milk. It's THEIR job to prove lactose
is NOT essential - and correspondingly, WHY is it in breast milk if it is
not essential to baby's growth and development?
Phyllis

  and now the
> company is yet again threatening to sue me unless I prove that babies need
> lactose to develop properly.
> This is one of those things that I just have in my store of facts in my
> brain, but I cannot find even one article to support this, except in the
LLL
> literature, which is not considered high impact enough.
> One of our pro-breastfeeding nutritionists said the same thing on TV
> recently, and is also getting flack from the company.

> I did get them to agree with me that the lactose free product was for a
very
> specific population of infants, and definitely should be given by Rx only
or
> at least recommendation by physician.
> TIA
> Esther Grunis, IBCLC
> Lis Maternity Hospital
> Tel Aviv, Israel
>


--- Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC, RLC
--- Glendale, AZ, USA
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