I always mention that cows have four stomachs!
How anything intended for digestion by an animal with four stomachs can be 
considered suitable for humans is remarkable.

Nan Jolly MB BCh. IBCLC. LLLL
Port Elizabeth, South Africa


> Of course bovine milk and human milk are different.  Bovine milk is for 
> baby cows and human milk is for baby humans.  Baby cows grow amazingly 
> fast but don't have to get very smart.  Baby humans grow slowly and their 
> brains need to do a whole lot more developing than calves do.  Baby cows 
> need a lot of protein and calcium because their skeletons are growing and 
> bearing weight from muscular activity from day one.  Baby humans need to 
> have high-energy milk that isn't packed with calcium and protein, because 
> otherwise they will get dangerously dehydrated.
>
> Tampering with nature without sufficient knowledge has a high price. 
> Human milk is the standard for normal food for human children.  Other 
> species' milks are generally unsuitable for any mammals, > Rachel Myr
> Kristiansand, Norway 

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