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Kirsten Berggren <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:52:31 -0500
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One other point about excessive lipase activity is that while the milk may 
smell and/or taste bad, there's nothing really wrong with it. If the baby 
won't take it, then yes, the milk can be scalded to halt the lipase 
activity. But scalding also kills many of the living immune cells and 
reduces the antibacterial properties, so if you don't have to, then it's 
best to avoid it.
Milk that has high lipase activity doesn't really smell "bad" like cow's 
milk gone sour - it has a more metallic or soapy taste and smell - which 
doesn't smell like milk to us, so we classify it as "bad", but it's actually 
quite different from milk that has truly soured.
Long and short, if the baby will still take the milk, go ahead and use it 
(as long as it's really lipase and not souring for some other reason - but 
anyone who has smelled breastmilk that has truly soured will be able to 
tell).

Kirsten Berggren, PhD, CLC
Department of Nursing, University of Vermont
www.workandpump.com 

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