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"<Martha Brower> (mgb)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 1 Aug 1995 22:18:10 -0400
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In a message dated 95-08-01 16:08:11 EDT, you write:

>This is info I saved from a note from Jan Barger a while back.
>
>" So, I contacted the Meyenberg Farms
>in CA, producers of most of the goat's milk in the US (I may have spelled it
>wrong), and what I learned about goat's milk as a substitute for breastmilk
>did not make me exceedingly comfortable.  To wit:  Protein (per 100 grams)
>3.6 (cow's milk 3.3, human 1.0) Carbs 4.5 Human 6.9; calories about the
same.
> Phosphorus 111 (Human 14), Calcium 134 (Human 32) Magnesium 14 (Human 3)
>Postassium -204, (human 51).  There is a formula that can be made out of the
>powdered goat milk:  12 TBSP of goat milk to 36 oz of water to 4 1/2 TBLSP
of
>corn syrup.  However, it is still out of whack as far as the micronutrients
>are concerned, and still has way too much protein."
>
>From this info, I see goat's milk as an inappropriate food for babies.
>
>Kathleen B
>
>

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