In a message dated 2/16/1 9:01:57 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<< There certainly can be children who show an allergic response to milk and
I would find an adequate substitutein the diet to provide them with their
nutritional requirements of calcium, phosphorus, vitamins/minerals, and
protein.  This is often difficult to do because milk is an easy food product
to work with when trying to meet these needs in pediatrics. >>

Ginger,
The reason this is so difficult to do is b/c we have been propagandized into
a reliance on cow's milk. This is what I was trying to say about how it
becomes so easy to rely on cow's milk and not learn about other foods. People
really do believe that if their children are just "drinking their milk", they
will be fine. My children have never had cow's milk so all of their
nutritional needs have been easily met in other ways. There is an absolute
correlation beteen our cultural mindset of AF being the norm and our cultural
mindset that cow's milk consumption is a normal part of childhood. Both are
based in the needs of industry, not the needs of human bodies.
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA

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