>In einer eMail vom 19-7-02 12:25:59 West-Europa (zomertijd) schreibt >[log in to unmask]: > > >> According to this, if the poor harvest (for this, read 'slimming >> diet') does come, the mother will still survive (bar true starvation) >> and so will her nursling. >> > >I think it is the added heavy work out that does the trick in lowering >milksupply (in combination with not frequent enough feedings as others >already stated). I think that in ''real'' scarcity people will tend do lower >calorie use rather than increase it. >Warmly greeting, > >Gonneke Even with the heavy work outs, I truly wonder if western women are really expending as many calories as our hard-working ancestors did in times of scarcity. HWN UK (Still needing a lot of convincing that we can do anything more than speculate, here!!) *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html