Rachel Myr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Maggie Payne posts an elaborate story related to her at a meeting, of a
> mother whose breastmilk turned out on testing to have no sugar in it and was
> therefore worthless.  Her baby's blood sugar only went to 'normal' when fed
> formula.
>
> This is a new twist for me, Maggie, and I'm sure we'll all be holding our
> breaths waiting for the clinicians involved to write it up as a case study
> for a professional journal, complete with documentation of the testing
> methods and the results.
>
> Sounds like a more detailed version of the 'there was no nutrition in my
> milk' legend to me.  Sheesh.

My guess on the "testing" part, if the story has more than a grain of
truth, is that some ignorant numpty put the milk into a glucose meter
intended to check the blood glucose level of people with diabetes.

Lara Hopkins

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