Breast milk

[Guest guest]

Do you know the way to San ?

Dick

At 09:12 AM 12/31/04, you wrote:

Haaaaaaa Isn't

San near where one of our beloved leaders live? Hey I have

heard of this.. Think about all the anti bodies in breast

milk!!!!KB

Llinda <2llama@...> wrote:

This is interesting... But, I am not

going to go to the next obvious questions

:-)

Thursday, December 30, 2004 - Page

updated at 12:00 A.M.

Some ill adults use breast milk to fight disease

By Barbara Feder Ostrov, Knight Ridder

Newspapers

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Breast milk isn't just for babies at the Mothers'

Milk Bank, which quietly offers it to adults with cancer and other

serious illnesses to ease their symptoms.

The San milk bank is one of six in the United States. It

distributes donated breast milk primarily to premature and

low-birth-weight babies. However, it also will provide breast milk to

adults with a doctor's prescription.

Adult use of breast milk is rare, said ine Sakamoto of the San

milk bank, which has served 28 adult patients in the past four

years. Adults with cancer, digestive disorders and immune disorders may

drink several ounces of milk daily or weekly to ease the side effects of

chemotherapy, bolster their immune systems or improve their digestion,

she said.

No national figures exist for adult use of breast milk, but an

informal survey of milk banks suggests that they serve dozens of adult

patients.

Breast milk's benefits for babies have been well-documented, with

research showing that it helps fight infection, improves immune-system

function, increases intelligence and combats later obesity.

But can it help sick grown-ups? No one knows because so little

research has been done.

Swedish researchers in 1995 isolated a protein in mothers' milk that

seemed to kill cancer cells in a test tube. And they are working on

developing a drug that takes advantage of that protein. The same research

team in 2004 found another compound that destroys many kinds of skin

warts, raising expectations that the compound could help treat cervical

cancer and other diseases caused by the human papillomavirus.

But most doctors are skeptical about the value of breast milk for

adults, and mainstream medicine seems to consider it to be on the fringe.

Although Dr. Melisko, an oncologist at the University of

California, San Francisco, acknowledged that mothers' milk probably won't

hurt her patients, she worries about quality control — some viral

particles can be passed through breast milk — and said she would advise

them against using it.

" I'd say the same thing I say to all my patients who want to do

alternative things: I don't know how it's tested, " Melisko said.

" Patients are potentially exposing themselves to as many risks by

taking milk from an unknown source ... [as] by taking herbs that come in

a bag. "

Yet Margit Hamosh, professor emeritus at town University and an

expert in the biochemistry of human milk, said breast milk contains

compounds " that might definitely help in people who have compromised

immune systems in the same way they might help the newborn. "

Cohen, a Palo Alto, Calif., software consultant with a

doctorate in theoretical physics, said he can live with the lack of

medical evidence. He's his own study. Cohen thinks the twice-weekly

smoothies he makes with breast milk and fruit have helped put his

prostate cancer into remission and allowed him to avoid more invasive

treatment, such as surgery.

" You give this stuff to newborn babies, " Cohen said.

" It can't be toxic. "

After he was diagnosed in 1999, his wife found an article about the

Swedish research on breast milk and cancer cells. A friend who was

lactating donated milk, and Cohen soon found that his levels of

prostate-specific antigen, a warning sign of cancerous cells, dropped to

normal. His doctor, a UC-San Francisco urologist, was skeptical but open

to Cohen's self-treatment as long as his blood work looked fine. Cohen

undergoes blood tests and other screenings regularly, and there have been

no signs of cancer for 2½ years, he said. It's possible, of course, that

without the breast milk, Cohen's prostate cancer might have grown so

slowly that his health would not be compromised; that happens in many

cases. Still, Cohen believes. Indeed, when he temporarily stopped breast

milk, his PSA levels rose. " It works, " he said.

Patty, a health educator who asked that her last name not be used,

said breast milk seems to be helping her 15-year-old son, who has Crohn's

disease, a serious bowel disorder that can stunt growth and destroy the

liver. " This is like liquid gold, " she said. " We have this

incredible untapped resource that we've only looked at for what it can

give babies. I'd love for more studies to be done on this. There's got to

be something helpful going on. "

Kathy Brunow

[Guest guest]

First, I am really sorry for the circumstances surrounding your

question. May blessings be with your family.

I think breast milk would be very healthy for you son. The feeling in

the GFCF community is mixed, although it seems the majority of GFCF

people GFCF the benefits of breast milk far far outweigh any

problems. You would just have to try it and see if your son response

well. If you want to be really extra on the super conservative side,

you could give an enzymes for gluten/casein or something containin

DPP IV along with the breast milk.

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> This may sound silly-- but my could breast milk help my 4 year old

ASD

> son who has been on GFCFSF and Rice Free diet for 1 year now. I

> thought it may reset his immune system somehow...Your thoughts would

> be appreciated.

>

> Thanks,

> Ranj

>

> PS Please email me back also at ranjanim@...

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[Guest guest]

> This may sound silly-- but my could breast milk help my 4 year old ASD

> son who has been on GFCFSF and Rice Free diet for 1 year now. I

> thought it may reset his immune system somehow...Your thoughts would

> be appreciated.

I am very sorry about the circumstances, but yes, your milk might be

just the thing he needs. On this page is one family's story about the

birth of a second child, and how the milk for that child was also

beneficial for the older child.

http://www.danasview.net/newbaby.htm

Dana

[Guest guest]

What is the view on giving children with ASD breast milk?

[Guest guest]

As long as the MOTHER is on the /low allergy diet breastmilk is the best

thing for babies/toddlers.

My oldest son is /ASD and I've had two other children who are typically

developing, a boy and a girl, who both breastfed for about two years.

On a side note: Younger siblings are the best therapy for these kids.

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I am thinking that may change when we learn more about XMRV. If the mother is

XMRV positive, I would definitely rethink breastfeeding children. It appears

that it can be vertically transmitted through breastmilk. I breastfed both of my

children until they were 2 and they both have autism. Of course, I did not do

the low allergy diet but if I had to do it all over again, I

would get tested for XMRV and skip the breastfeeding if I tested positive.

 

All the best,

 

Jill

 

 

<carriecox@...> wrote:

From: C. - Wonderwegian <carriecox@...>

Subject: Re:Breast milk

" group " < >

Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 10:38 PM

 

As long as the MOTHER is on the /low allergy diet breastmilk is the best

thing for babies/toddlers.

My oldest son is /ASD and I've had two other children who are typically

developing, a boy and a girl, who both breastfed for about two years.

On a side note: Younger siblings are the best therapy for these kids.

-

______________________________________

" You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults, only better. "

-Maxim Gorky (Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov)

" Don't ask who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lamb he's digested, and

I've been reading all my life. " -Giorgos Seferis (Greek Poet)

Reality lies beyond the horizon... Wonderwegian

www.wonderwegian.blogspot.com

[Guest guest]

Me too, Jill Well said!

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> From: C. - Wonderwegian <carriecox@...>

> Subject: Re:Breast milk

> " group " < >

> Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 10:38 PM

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> As long as the MOTHER is on the /low allergy diet breastmilk is the best

thing for babies/toddlers.

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> My oldest son is /ASD and I've had two other children who are typically

developing, a boy and a girl, who both breastfed for about two years.

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> On a side note: Younger siblings are the best therapy for these kids.

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> " You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults, only

better. " -Maxim Gorky (Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov)

>

> " Don't ask who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lamb he's digested,

and I've been reading all my life. " -Giorgos Seferis (Greek Poet)

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> Reality lies beyond the horizon... Wonderwegian

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> www.wonderwegian.blogspot.com

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[Guest guest]

Odds are, with the XMRV info pending, they probably will recommend that we not

breastfeed.  But I do know of Moms who followed protocol for pregnancy

(diet especially) and their babies born under Dr G's care did NOT develop

autism.

________________________________

From: Jill Boyer <sjillboyer@...>

Sent: Mon, July 26, 2010 10:12:58 PM

Subject: Re: Re:Breast milk

 

I am thinking that may change when we learn more about XMRV. If the mother is

XMRV positive, I would definitely rethink breastfeeding children. It appears

that it can be vertically transmitted through breastmilk. I breastfed both of my

children until they were 2 and they both have autism. Of course, I did not do

the low allergy diet but if I had to do it all over again, I

would get tested for XMRV and skip the breastfeeding if I tested positive.

 

All the best,

 

Jill

 

 

<carriecox@...> wrote:

From: C. - Wonderwegian <carriecox@...>

Subject: Re:Breast milk

" group " < >

Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 10:38 PM

 

As long as the MOTHER is on the /low allergy diet breastmilk is the best

thing for babies/toddlers.

My oldest son is /ASD and I've had two other children who are typically

developing, a boy and a girl, who both breastfed for about two years.

On a side note: Younger siblings are the best therapy for these kids.

-

______________________________________

" You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults, only better. "

-Maxim Gorky (Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov)

" Don't ask who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lamb he's digested, and

I've been reading all my life. " -Giorgos Seferis (Greek Poet)

Reality lies beyond the horizon... Wonderwegian

www.wonderwegian.blogspot.com

[Guest guest]

Hi , and everyone!

I think it also important to note that those who have had subsequent

children while under the care of Dr. G have healthy children who are not

only free of " Autism " , but allergies as well and have much stronger immune

systems. My third child is by far my healthiest, even though I have CFS and

assorted other health issues and all I did was follow the diet

throughout my pregnancy and while nursing.

I still think that breast milk is so much healthier, even with a viral risk,

as long as it is not loaded with a ton of allergens through Moml. Most

formulas are derived from cow's milk, filled with corn by products and a

pile of other stuff that I would NEVER feed my baby in good conscience or in

good health for a sensitive, predisposed child.

It is all about lightening the load on a young vulnerable immune system.

You can never omit every factor, but sensible choices and the diet is the

key I believe!

Just my two cents!

HTH,

Lori

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From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of

Sent: July-27-10 5:58 PM

Subject: Re: Re:Breast milk

Odds are, with the XMRV info pending, they probably will recommend that we

not

breastfeed. But I do know of Moms who followed protocol for pregnancy

(diet especially) and their babies born under Dr G's care did NOT develop

autism.

________________________________

From: Jill Boyer <sjillboyer@... <mailto:sjillboyer%40> >

<mailto:%40>

Sent: Mon, July 26, 2010 10:12:58 PM

Subject: Re: Re:Breast milk

I am thinking that may change when we learn more about XMRV. If the mother

is

XMRV positive, I would definitely rethink breastfeeding children. It appears

that it can be vertically transmitted through breastmilk. I breastfed both

of my

children until they were 2 and they both have autism. Of course, I did not

do

the low allergy diet but if I had to do it all over again, I

would get tested for XMRV and skip the breastfeeding if I tested positive.

All the best,

Jill

<carriecox@... <mailto:carriecox%40comcast.net> > wrote:

From: C. - Wonderwegian <carriecox@...

<mailto:carriecox%40comcast.net> >

Subject: Re:Breast milk

" group " < <mailto:%40> >

Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 10:38 PM

As long as the MOTHER is on the /low allergy diet breastmilk is the best

thing for babies/toddlers.

My oldest son is /ASD and I've had two other children who are typically

developing, a boy and a girl, who both breastfed for about two years.

On a side note: Younger siblings are the best therapy for these kids.

-

______________________________________

" You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults, only

better. "

-Maxim Gorky (Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov)

" Don't ask who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lamb he's digested,

and

I've been reading all my life. " -Giorgos Seferis (Greek Poet)

Reality lies beyond the horizon... Wonderwegian

www.wonderwegian.blogspot.com