---------- > From: Josefine Wendel <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: diabetic mom > Date: 29. júlí 1999 10:20 > > Patrica Young wrote: > > > > The impact of high sugar will be on mom, not on milk or baby (milk isn't sweeter). > > > Pat: according to what I have read about this, higher blood glucose > levels do increase glucose levels of breast milk: "the insulin using > mother needs to be taught how to maintain optimal blood glucose values > because higher blood glucose levels increase the glucose content of the > breast milk and puts the mother at risk for breast infection." from > "Breastfeeding and Diabetes" by Cathy Fagen, MA, RD, CDE, Practical > Diabetology, March 99. If anyone has references to the contrary I would > appreciate to know about them. > > Since this is my first post to the list, I would like to introduce > myself briefly. I am a nutritionist with a strong interest in > breastfeeding and have found the list (have been lurking off and on for > about a year or so) to be very educational. Breastfeeding both of my > daughters sparked my interest enough to educate myself further and > hopefully also in a more formal way in the future. And then to think I > was one of those who started breastfeeding mostly out of a sense of duty > - I knew it was the best, and felt obliged to at least do it for a few > months... was totally surprised that (after the first few weeks) I also > enjoyed it so much! > > Josefine (Jose) Wendel, MS, RD > Cambridge, MA > > *********************************************** > > 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 > > *********************************************** > 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 *********************************************** 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