on 8/3/2004 10:02 PM, Automatic digest processor at [log in to unmask] wrote: Danny Hirsch, MD, FAAP, CLC College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University New York, NY USA To summarize, this is about gettting the healthiest start on life- just as by starting out breastfeeding, by establishing and maintaining vitamin D sufficiency from the start, we are also helping to give our loved ones and patients the best start! However, in 'light' of the current lifestyle of being indoors and even avoiding the sun, we are not making enough D in our skins (it is believed that breastmilk wasn't meant to maintain vitamin D sufficiency for our infants) and need to replace the sunlight with artificial sources of vitamin D. *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html