Message #7939

[Alexandria]

I have cut my dairy consumption to a minimum since having Nicholas.  Since he gets breast milk, obviously whatever I eat so does he.  Basically we noticed that he was having bloody stools after the doctor decided we should fortify the breast milk with powdered milk based formula.  Once I took the formula away, he did much better.  I cut back on the milk and cheese and also began to buy organic milk if I do drink it.  There is a lot of truth to the whole dairy may not be the best for us debate.

I have heard though that soy milk can sometimes contain too much estrogen and some young boys drinking it have over developed mammary glands. Perhaps that is just some bad press to kind of discredit those trying to offer other alternatives to dairy.