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Subject:
Beer and Prolactin
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Julie Mennella <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 17 Jun 1998 12:31:07 -0500
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Some additional information to share:

The articles that were cited in the recent post (JAMA 1987: DeRosa,
1981; Carlson, 1985; etc) are often used to support the foklore that
beer is a galactagogue.  But if you look at these articles, you will
find that the subjects were men and non-lactating women!!

To clarify another point, the Ruth Little NEJM study showed that
infants of  women you drink one drink of alcohol a day or more during
lactation were at risk for later motor impairment at one year
(Source:  New England Journal of Medicine 321: 425-30; 1989).

Sincerely,
Julie Mennella

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Julie Mennella Ph.D.
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