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That's hotly debated. Even the study you cite cannot rule out skin contamination. But unequivocally showing the existence of entero-mammary pathway (translocat
by folli 4y ago
That's hotly debated. Even the study you cite cannot rule out skin contamination.
But unequivocally showing the existence of entero-mammary pathway (translocation of maternal gut bacteria from the gut to the mammary glands) would be very exciting news indeed.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoThe article says that L. reuteri is present in other places in the body besides the gut.
- bawolff 4y agoIn the context of this conversation, does it matter whether the cause is skin contamination or not?
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoYes, because if you are buying breast milk from a woman who used a breast pump, then the skin contamination is very very little compared to actual breast suckling. A seller: https://cosprings.craigslist.org/hab/d/colorado-springs-breast-milk/7500027953.html https://cosprings.craigslist.org/hab/d/colorado-springs-brea...
- __alexs 4y agoSo you're telling me I should actually be drinking all of this e-girl bath water I bought?
- candiddevmike 4y agoYou can get HIV from breast milk, it's not sterile.
- folli 4y agoHIV is an infectious virus. Also, bacteria in milk is usually a sign of mastitis. I'm explicitly talking about healthy mothers.