In a message dated 1/17/99 5:50:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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>  I always cringe when I hear BF promoters say
>  things like "BF prevents SIDS" or

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported in 1996 that lack of
breastfeeding, along with exposure to tobacco smoke and a prone sleeping
position, is now recognized as one of the only known modifiable risk factors
for SIDS  (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Review 45 (RR-10);1-6).  Personally,
I cringe every time I hear of an artificially-fed baby dying of SIDS and a
destroyed family who was never told of the risks.

or "women who breastfeed don't get breast cancer"

Now I have *never* heard *anyone* say that. Ever. On the other hand, I  also
rarely hear *anyone* outside the lactation science community tell women that
breastfeeding appears to confer a clear protective benefit against
premenopausal breast cancer. Women aren't getting all the facts.

Breastfeeding advocates are not zealots. I get really tired of being told that
we are.

Katie Allison Granju
Knoxville, TN