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Recall Mechell Turner includes alfalfa in her supply-building protocol.
Alfalfa - Medicago sativa - member of the legume family (fenugreek, goat's
rue, licorice, clover, soy, peanuts) contains isoflavones: daidzein,
formononetin, genistein and biochanin - phytoestrogens. The seed and sprouts
at least, contain alkaloids ( stachydrine, l-homostachydrine) that Duke
references as lactogenic. Plant also contains similar compounds ( choline,
trimethylamine, betaine). One animal study showed increased prolactin levels
with alfalfa.
I've also run into oversupply secondary to alfalfa consumption (some 15
capsules powdered leaf/day taken for non-breastfeeding reason) which resolved
when alfalfa stopped. This was in an individual who had successfully managed
a tendency to oversupply with previous children but didn't know alfalfa's
reputation.
Always worth asking what foods and herbs a mom may be using. So, can anyone
down under tell us what's in vegemite and or marmite?
Sheila Humphrey
BSc RN IBCLC
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