> I know the literature sometimes suggests lecithin is used in mastitis.
>
> But I still don't see how it works.
>
> How does the mother's metabolism get the lecithin to the breast in
> order for the breastmilk to contain it and work on the fat there?

Could it work in the same way it seems to work in decreasing cholesterol levels
in adults who add lecithine to their diets? It somehow finds it's way through
the system whitout being broke down in the GI tract itself, then crawls up into
the veins and arteries to keep the cholesterol flowing and into the milkducts to
do the same with the milkfat there.

Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC

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