On 04/10/2005, at 3:49, Lee Galasso wrote:

> Comparison of the Cariogenicity of Cola, Honey, Cow Milk, Human  
> Milk, and
> Sucrose
[snip]
> 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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