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That doesn't appear to be correct; e.g.: "There is a common misconception that malnutrition greatly reduces the amount of milk a mother produces. Although maln
by raldi 12y ago
That doesn't appear to be correct; e.g.:
"There is a common misconception that malnutrition greatly reduces the amount of milk a mother produces. Although malnutrition may affect the quality of milk, studies show that the amount of breastmilk produced depends mainly on how often and how effectively the baby sucks on the breast. If a mother temporarily produces less milk than the infant needs, the infant responds by suckling more vigorously, more frequently, or longer at each feeding. This stimulates greater milk production."
http://rehydrate.org/breastfeed/faq-maternal-nutrition.htm http://rehydrate.org/breastfeed/faq-maternal-nutrition.htm
Do you have a citation saying otherwise?
- irishcoffee 12y agoNo I don't. Perhaps I should do more homework. I was appealing to common sense. If there is a famine or drought, people are starving and thirsty. Making milk is a lot of work and requires at least marginally decent nutrition. If someone is only eating one "meal" a day and drinking 2-4 cups of water a day, there's just not much with which to make milk. N=1 anecdote, my daughters mother was very easily able to tell how her diet affected breastfeeding. A lot of it had to do with water intake.