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On 04/10/2005, at 3:49, Lee Galasso wrote:
> Comparison of the Cariogenicity of Cola, Honey, Cow Milk, Human
> Milk, and
> Sucrose
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> I have not read the study but this raises a lot of questions in my
> mind:
Have a look at yesterday's Lactnet archives, where links to the full
study were posted along with the discussion.
> Were they comparing breastmilk (in a bottle?) with cow's milk?
> Were they
> assuming that the sugars in breastmilk were similar to the sugars
> in cow's
> milk? Did they take into consideration that the process of
> breastfeeding,
> which delivers the milk to the back of the mouth, does not allow
> the milk to
> pool around the teeth? Was the breastfeeding exclusive for at
> least six
> months and continued for at least a year or two? Were the solids
> that were
> introduced after six+ months healthy and not cariogenic? Were
> there other
> liquids (such as juice, colas, etc) introduced later when the
> breastfeeding
> was still going on or discontinued, and given with bottles?
None of these questions were considered, because they weren't
studying human babies; the research was done with desalivated rats.
Lara Hopkins
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