Xref: utzoo sci.bio:3909 soc.men:23756 soc.women:29897 soc.singles:73446 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ruuinf!accucx!aritoxm From: aritoxm@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Henk Verhaar) Newsgroups: sci.bio,soc.men,soc.women,soc.singles Subject: Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous? Message-ID: <955@accucx.cc.ruu.nl> Date: 16 Nov 90 13:48:02 GMT References: <1990Oct25.140829.19268@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <58695@microsoft.UUCP> <1990Nov2.204258.9087@isc.rit.edu> <58975@microsoft.UUCP> <1990Nov13.094216.1797@desire.wright.edu> Reply-To: aritoxm@accucx.UUCP (Henk Verhaar) Followup-To: sci.bio Organization: Academic Computer Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands Lines: 23 In article <1990Nov13.094216.1797@desire.wright.edu> sbishop@desire.wright.edu writes: [lots o'babble deleted] > >Ah, yes, Rod, the guy who insists that breast milk is bad for babies. BTW, >we never did hear any real sensible reason why you felt this way. If I >remember correctly you said that American women don't eat enough protein to >produce good milk.... Obviously the remark of a trained diatician... >Considering that the average American's diet is overloaded with protein. In case you're really interested: Breast milk is supposedly bad for babies because of the high average polychlorodibenzodioxin, polychlorodibenzofuran and polychlorobiphenyl content. Theory is that these high levels of dioxin and 'dioxin-workalikes' (in some toxicological senses, that is) seriously interfere with the vitamin K metabolism in neonates (newly borns), thus, again very seriously, interfering with their blood-clotting system. Hope this helps :) Henk Verhaar the local Cannondale boy (My daytime employer doesn't know a thing about bicycles and my bicycles don't know about my employer so no global disclaimers. Sorry though)