Recently brought to  my attention and apparently becoming popular among some 
athletes, including  some members of college athletic programs, such as where 
my (distance  runner) son attends.........
 
From the product  website: "Muscle Milk is an "evolutionary" muscle formula 
promoting efficient  fat burning, lean muscle growth and fast recovery from 
exercise. Metabolically  favorable ingredients stimulate growth and recovery in a 
similar manner to  mother's milk nourishing a baby. ......is a complex ratio 
of proteins, peptides and amino  acids designed to replicate the amazing 
benefits of mothers milk for rapid  tissue growth and repair.......Milk is an 
extremely complex food that delivers a  broad spectrum of immune and nutrition 
factors to help babies survive and grow.  Milk is far more complex than once 
thought, with over 100,000 different  molecular substances estimated. Science 
continues to gain fresh insights into  milk structures."
 
_http://www.cytosport.com/products/musclemilk.html_ 
(http://www.cytosport.com/products/musclemilk.html) 
 
 
On a related website, 
_http://www.bodybuildingforyou.com/protein/muscle-milk-cytosport.htm_ 
(http://www.bodybuildingforyou.com/protein/muscle-milk-cytosport.htm) ,  .....an author, who cites pubmed research articles, writes a product 
review  stating: "Bovine colostrum is identical to that found in human 
colostrum but at  higher levels"
 
I have no financial interest in this product but am concerned about what to  
tell young men interested in utilizing this product enhance muscle stamina and 
 post exertion muscle recuperation. My inclination is to advise they find a 
safe  donor and consume human milk made for humans. I even offered to relactate.
 
That did not go over so good, ...."culturally influenced peer pressure  
against such a practice" was cited.
 
Smarty pants.
 
Maybe in years to come when it is at long last widely accepted by  society 
that fresh from the original container breastmilk is far superior  to any 
product that can be processed by a breastmilk processor, it will be  not uncommon 
for lactating women to be gainfully employed selling their excess  milk to 
ambitious athletes.
 
 
Debbie  Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE

Fairfax County, Virginia suburbs  outside the Washington DC beltway

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