Re: Re: CLO vs. Flax

[Guest guest]

At 10:45 AM 2/15/2004, you wrote:

>--So, are you saying NOT to supplement with CLO? I'm

>confused.

>Also, to the mothers who responded - please elaborate.

>You do not give your children CLO if you are

>breastfeeding and taking it yourself? It's my

>understanding that Vitamin D does not transfer through

>breastmilk from CLO so wouldn't it be wise to

>supplement it during the winter months for a child who

>is exclusively breastfed?

how old is the child in question?

if the child is 4, maybe i'd give it CLO if i felt that i wasn't able to

provide a proper diet. but in general, breastmilk has it all. here's an

analogy:

when babies are born, they are " deficient " in potassium. we don't know why,

but every single baby born is " deficient " in potassium. within 7 days of

birth, the " deficiency " goes away, mysteriously. as a result of this

" deficiency " , for 7 days, baby blood is quite thin, and there's some fear

that there could be internal hemorrhaging that no one would know about, and

due to this " deficiency " , the baby wouldn't be able to clot the blood (and

there is an extremely small number of hospital-born baby deaths attributed

to this). as a result, if your child is born in a hospital, one of the many

things it will be stuck with is a vitamin K injection, to alleviate that

" deficiency "

now, with no further evidence but what the doctors would tell you, you

might be inclined to believe that this is due to our faulty modern diets,

etc...

except that jewish baby boys are circumcised on the *8th* day after birth.

makes you think that a darned good reason is because all the babies they

circumcised before that bled to death cause they couldn't clot the blood.

so perhaps that potassium " deficiency " isn't actually a deficiency, but one

of a million complex things about our bodies that we just don't properly

understand.

so, i've heard some things about vitamin D not going through breastmilk but

i've paid little attention to them, so i have no science to back me up here

at all. but here's my thought: if you're healthy, and you're eating

properly, and you get your exercise and your sunlight, etc, then don't

worry about baby getting enough vitamin D. if it truly doesn't pass through

the breastmilk, maybe there's a reason for that.

it would be my advice that you just concentrate on a good diet for

yourself, and when your child starts on foods, ensure a good diet for her,

and don't worry about it further. there is indeed such a thing as too much

intervention!

-katja

[Guest guest]

I have an 18 month old breastfed daughter and spoke directly to Sally Fallon

on the phone. She told me I should be giving 1/2 tsp CLO to her daily.

Unfortunately though I forgot to tell her that the baby was still being

breastfed.

Helen

From: zumicat@...

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Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 18:51:05 -0500 (EST)

Subject: Re: Re: CLO vs. Flax/a

a,

I've breastfed 4 children ( now 5) all born in winter and did not give

them

any supplements whatsoever. The last 2 didn't eat solids at all until after

the age of one year and were/are very healthy. I didn't supplement any of my

children until they were weaned which varied from 4.5 years to 3.5 years.

The

addition of coconut oil/cream/milk is VERY healthy for nursing moms. I think

that's one reason why my babies gain a pound per week.

Elainie