There is also some research out there about leptin which has been found present in breast milk and its healing capabilities.  I am becoming more and more amazed about the benefits of breast milk.  I thought I was pretty well informed until I joined this list.  Thank you everyone for your stories and advice.  I look forward to learning more.
Reference:
 Murad, A., Nath, A., Cha, S., Demir, E., Flores-Riveros, J., Sierra-Honigmann, M. (2003) Leptin is an              autocrine/paracrine regulator of wound healing. The FASEB Journal, Vol. 17, pp 1895-1897.  Retrieved         September 18, 2007 from http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/full/17/13/1895

Laura Herron, ITSN


Date:    Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:32:17 -0700
From:    Joylyn <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Alternate uses for donor breast milk

My daughter, broke her femur at the neck, a terrible break, completely 
dislocated, with three pins to fix it and a less than 10% chance of 
complete healing with her being able to walk again without benefit of 
cane/walker,etc., with possible side effects being the death of the head 
of the femur, the bone not healing properly, and as the fracture took 
place on the growth plate, the bone not growing any more... As she was 9 
at the time, this would have been rather serious.  She drank fresh donor 
milk from a friend, and I used frozen to make pudding, and used it in 
cooking for her.  I felt the calcium in breastmilk was so digestible 
when compared to all other forms of calcium, including green vegies, and 
supplements, that it was worth asking friends for extra milk.  2 1/2 
years later Alexx is again playing soccer, walking, running, and doing 
very well.  She is not 100%, but she is 99.9%, which is good considering 
the significance of the fracture, and the fact they cut through muscle 
to fix the bone, and the muscle had to heal, and that she didn't walk 
for 3-4 months, and had to learn to walk again from scratch, pretty 
much.  I do very much credit breastmilk, along with a lot of other 
things (including some alternative treatments, and a darn good surgeon), 
for her complete recovery.

I've known breastmilk to be used in case of colitis and also in cases of 
cancer and AIDS.

Joylyn

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