In a message dated 6/17/02 7:52:14 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<< In the study, breastfeeding women were randomly placed in a group receiving
1.5 grams of CLA daily vs. placebo of olive oil. Results showed that milk
fat content was significantly lower in the CLA taking group, and also that
CLA had NO effect on milk output. 9 moms were were in the study.......
 >>

This is interesting, since we currently live in a culture (in the West, esp
the US) where there may be a serious deficiency in CLA (CLA is present in
suffient quantities in animal products, but only when the animals are
grass-fed, unlike today's factory-farmed, grain-fed animals). I have been
wondering lately how this deficiency in CLA might affect human milk. The
amounts used in supplements are certainly high therepeutic quantities, and
apparently may have an adverse effect on human milk. So, in my mind, this is
one more area where we have more to learn than we understand. The issue of
the fats in human milk is fascinating to me, especially as fats like DHA,
EFA's and CLA have a powerful health-promoting capacity.
Jennifer Tow, IBCLc, CT, USA

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