Re: Modified CR and nursing

[Guest guest]

Yes. You are undoubtedly a very young woman. What's your hurry? Do not tinker with any sort of CR while nursing. If the books say no, why are you trying to find another answer?

You will have the rest of your life to do CR. Plenty of time. If you compromise your health while nursing, (when you need extra calories and nutrients) you will be shortchanging your three children should your health suffer as a result.

To do that IMHO would be selfish.

Just for your comparison, I didn't start CR til I was 60!

on 9/14/2006 7:17 PM, dwlstarr at debbie@... wrote:

Does anyone have any experience with modified CR and nursing? My

third baby is six weeks old and I plan to nurse him for two years. I

know in the books they categorically say no to CR with pregnancy and

nursing but I think a modified version would be fine i.e. not going

below BMI 18.5. Any thoughts?

[Guest guest]

Francesca is absolutely correct in what she says below. She missed

another key point, though. If you practice modified CR while nursing,

you may adversely affect the health of the baby, who is getting most

of his nutrition from you. I strongly urge you to hold off on CR

until the nursing phase is over.

Diane

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[Guest guest]

Hi Debbie:

CR is FAR from a fully understood part of nutritional science and

next to zero empirical evidence is available about the effects of CR

in either pregnancy or nursing.

So, to put it another way, if you pursue CR in this situation you

will be GAMBLING with the health of your child. Is that what you

want to do? I very much doubt it.

Good luck. And please leave CR until after you have finished nursing.

Rodney.

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[Guest guest]

No experience personally, but I'll join the chorus. You probably don't want to lose any old fat while nursing as any toxins stored therein may get released and end up in your milk. Of course I suspect nursing women routinely lose weight after giving birth so take that with a grain of salt.It is important for brain and body development that your child get adequate nutrition. Underfeeding your child may lead to reduced stature. Not good for sports or the business world but who know wrt health or  life-span. I would err on the high side wrt energy balance. You don't need to gain weight but your child sure does. Good luck to both of you.. JR On Sep 14, 2006, at 6:17 PM, dwlstarr wrote:Does anyone have any experience with modified CR and nursing? My third baby is six weeks old and I plan to nurse him for two years. I know in the books they categorically say no to CR with pregnancy and nursing but I think a modified version would be fine i.e. not going below BMI 18.5. Any thoughts?

[Guest guest]

As Colombo would say, just one more thing . . . .

As has been universally held, you would be going into almost certainly

dangerous ground by experimenting with any degree of CR while nursing.

In addition, there are a couple of factors that pertain to your health

specifically (we're in this for the longevity, right?) beyond the

well-described dangers to your kid.

There is a significant period of bodily reconstruction that goes on first

obviously (when you're still in pain) and then less obviously as your body

restores itself after the major changes you went through during pregnancy

and birth; anything other than the best nutrition possible during this time

would certainly prolong your healing and could have more serious, lasting

effects on your body. The other point is that when you're nursing, your

body in its evolutionary wisdom is going to be doing everything it can to

best nourish your kid _at_ _your_ _expense_ if necessary. That means that

any deficit in your intake in, for example, calcium is going to show up in

your losing calcium from your own bones as you continue to nourish your

kid, on down the line: your body is going to do whatever it needs to to

provide the best food for your child, and anything less than robust

nourishment on your part is not going to lead to a good result for your own

bodily structure.

It is a great, great thing for you to do, to nurse your kid for a year or

two--I suspect that you won't even ever fully know the benefits to you and

to your child that this exercise will bring about. I would suggest that for

the next two years, a clear focus on optimal nutrition while postponing any

calorie restriction would provide the best lasting benefits for both your

child and you.

Maco

[Guest guest]

Thank you for your thoughtful responses. To clarify: I had read only The Longevity Diet before I posted. The authors in that book recommend first replacing junk calories with nutrient-rich calories without actually changing total caloric amount. That was my entire intent. With a degree in Physiology, I would never dream of harming my baby's or my health. I will just lurk and learn for the next 5 years or so (I'll then be 37) while focusing on the nutrient-rich aspect. Thanks again.