Comments on: Hey mamas…. what are you putting in your breastmilk?

By: amanda

amanda — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:46:21 +0000

Here’s a link to the study - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7464895

Check out these links for more info - http://www.mindfully.org/Health/Breast-Feeding.htm
http://michaelbluejay.com/veg/why.html

Here’s some more info on the study…
New England Journal of Medicine, March 26, 1981, p. 792
Hergenrather J, et al. Pollutants in breast milk of vegetarians. Lancet, 1981, pp.304-792.

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:58:44 +0000

That article you cite from the New England Journal of Medicine: could you please tell me the title? I’m writing a big report for school on the effects of synthetic chemicals on women’s and fetal health, and it’s scaring the daylights out of me! I keep reading about bioaccumulation, so it made me think that vegetarians and esp. vegans might have safer breast milk, and your blog came up in google. thanks so much!

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By: rebekah

rebekah — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:44:37 +0000

Thank you for the info.

-r

By: amanda

amanda — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:31:22 +0000

From what I understand, this was non-organic and it was also ovo-lacto veg, so I’m sure that organic vegan would be even better.

By: rebekah

rebekah — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:17:19 +0000

Hello Amanda,

I was wondering if these studies included people who eat an organic diet or was that not mentioned?

Thanks.

-r