Tali writes:
 
<<I understand that a mother's blood sugar levels do affect the  sugar 
concentration in her breastmilk. 
Is there a sugar level at which is it  recomended that the mother NOT give 
her child her breastmilk - that the sugar  level will do more harm than 
good?>>
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According to Lawrence, glucose concentration in breastmilk is higher  among 
diabetics, but not lactose.  Mean glucose value was 0.70 mg/g in the  milk 
of women with diabetes, and 0.32 in the reference milk.  She goes on  to say 
that the glucose elevations probably have little clinical significance to  
the infants because glucose only makes up about 0.4% of the total energy 
content  of the milk.  
 
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA
Lactation Education Consultants


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