My understanding is that it is common for humans to make alcohol in 
their own gut, ie, if they eat (or harbor) the wrong combination of 
carbohydrates, yeasts, etc.  eg see Eaton. (2004). Gut Fermentation: 
A Reappraisal of an Old Clinical Condition with Diagnostic Tests and 
Management: Discussion Paper. Journal of Nutritional & Environmental 
Medicine, 14(2), 89-94.

If this is true, and it seems logical, then clearly alcohol is not 
SUCH an enemy of the body; and it would be impossible to keep all 
alcohol out of breastmilk.

Tina

Tina Kimmel, MSW, MPH
PhD Program, UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare


At 8:42 PM -0400 5/5/06, Nikki Lee wrote:
>Dear Friends:
>     This concern about a 'smidgen of alcohol' in human milk stirs me to
>write.
>     How is that folks will give human milk substitutes to their babies with
>no qualms (even though there are reams of evidence to show that artificial
>feeding is linked to death, and illness, and a lower level of 
>health) yet worry about a molecule or two of alcohol??

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