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.  

In my maternal and child nutrition class in 1978 I saw a slide of a baby
with necrotic gangrene of both feet due to chronic dehydration resulting
from being fed boiled condensed milk.  The solute load was even higher than
for unmodified cow's milk and the feet were amputated in early infancy.  The
parents thought that the condensed milk was even more nutritious than milk
straight from the fridge.  That wasn't the only reason I breastfed my
children, but it didn't exactly weaken my resolve either.

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, unless specifically modified
to suit the species to which they are administered.  Babies and calves are
different animals with different needs.  The beautiful thing about this is
that none of us needs to remember the recipe for breastmilk, or to have the
ingredients on hand.  We make it perfectly without even thinking about it.

Rachel Myr
Kristiansand, Norway

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