I have a couple thoughts on this.  Perhaps a baby vulnerable to "breastmilk 
colitis" needs EFA's for gut healing.  I do wonder if some infants not 
recieving adequate EFA's in the breastmilk will drive up supply because they are not 
satisfied without them.  I believe improving the mothers diet will help in 
cases of breastmilk colitis, but I probably don't have references to offer that 
support this.  Sometimes in cases of allergy we start removing a lot of foods 
from the mother's diet but don't replace the nutrients those foods were 
providing.  

Jennifer Stevens, RN

In a message dated 1/26/2007 12:12:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
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Rachel, I agree with you. I have one of the other references here - 
the one by Abakada and Hartmann. This is from 1988, so quite old. I 
have heard Peter Hartmann say many a time that the fat content of 
milk is related to the degree of breast emptiness and *not* the 
maternal intake. Only the fatty acid profile changes with diet.

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