I won't take the time to cite chapter and verse here, but many compounds from
food get into the blood (That is why blood tests for alcohol work), and from
there into the milk. . Flavors that get into milk include garlic, hot pepper,
and many other spices.
Donald McBurney
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> Are people assuming that the alcohol ends up in the mother's milk? I'm
> certainly not an expert on this topic, but it would seem to me that the
> alcohol would be broken down before it would get to the baby. Are we
> talking vampires here?
>
> Michael Quanty
> Psychology Professor
> CBMTS Project Director
> Thomas Nelson Community College
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> Hampton, Virginia 23670
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 11:23 AM
> To: Tips
> Subject: RE: beer and brest feeding?
>
> David wrote:
>
> > I know I will get numerous flames for this one- but a student in my
> > developmental class claims that there is some nutritional value to mom
> > having a single beer before breast feeding. Trying not to laugh, and
> > having discussed the effects of alcohol on development- any truth to the
> > beer claim?
>
> Yes and no.
>
> Yes in the sense that beer does contain many nutrients of value to
> the
> baby, some of which are less readily available from other common sources of
> nutrition.
>
> No in the sense that the alcohol is not terribly good for the baby.
>
> There is, of course, a simple answer.
>
> Non-alcoholic beer (which, in the better brands [imported] tastes
> almost
> identical to the alcoholic form) is readily available (it does have a very
> small alcohol content--in the range of 0.5%--but not enough to have any
> negative consequences for the child unless the mother drinks a couple
> _gallons_ before breast feeding). The non-alcoholic version has the same
> nutritional value as does the standard version and none of the drawbacks.
>
> BTW, Beck's and Guiness both put out very good versions
> (non-alcoholic
> wines in quality versions--i.e., Cabernets, etc.--exist as well) that will
> please the palate as well as the body (I'm a non-drinker who likes the taste
> of dark beers and good wines so I've had a chance to explore them a bit
> personally).
>
> Tell your student to drop the Coors and grab a good Stout instead!
> :)
>
> Rick
> --
>
> Rick Adams
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Department of Social Sciences
> Jackson Community College
> 2111 Emmons Rd.
> Jackson, MI 49201
