Perhaps it originally comes from the dairy industry. It seems like we have
learned a couple of things from the production of cow's milk.

Ginger Chun, BA, IBCLC, RLC
Breastfeeding Education and Support
www.freshmilkbaby.com


On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Gail Hertz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I looked it up in my '94 Lawrence. No studies are referenced, but it
> states "The condition [plugged ducts] dramatically improved by limiting the
> mother to polyunsaturated fats and adding lecithin to the diet." It goes on
> to say that  "lecithin is an oily substance that can be used as an oil on
> salads or taken by spoon, one tablespoon per day." Page 258.
>
> Gail Hertz, MD, IBCLC, FABM
> Author of The Little Green Book of Breastfeeding Management
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> > On Jan 19, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Pat Young <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > I looked it up as best I could....  All of the ref go back to a
> statement in the 1994 edition of Lawrence, which I don't have.  Mohrbacher
> in 2010 suggests that mother reduce sat fats in her diet and take lecithin.
>  Her ref all track back to the 1994 Lawrence.  Newman says" I have found
> that lecithin occasionally helps, but I don't know how it works." [!]   He
> goes on to say lecithin is a phospholipid which is found in many foods
> [[found in human milk].  Reported one case where  evening primrose helped,
> but one case is not proof.  I don't know where the original idea came from
> , but I have found it works.  :-(  Pat in SNJ
> >
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