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Date: | Tue, 19 May 1998 07:22:39 +0000 |
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There is no need for the mother's milk to be tested for sodium. The
mother should breastfeed, because it is best for her and her baby.
What a bunch of pseudo scientific claptrap to suggest that if the
sodium in the milk is 40 meq/l, say, the mother should not breastfeed.
When are they going to measure? Colostrum has higher sodium. If she
is not producing because of the stress of waiting for a result, the
milk sodium could be artificially high. Even if a true value of the
sodium were 40 meq/l, why on earth would a baby be better on
artificial feedings? Lots of babies around the world were fed on
plain cow's milk with a sodium of 55 meq/l and still did fine (unless
they developed gastroenteritis).
Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC
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