RE: [BULK] Re: lactating mom question

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Definately cereal is the wrong answer. There are so many things that could

happen from feeding a baby cereal this early. It's not recommended until 4

months of age.

[bULK] Re: lactating mom question

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Hi, interestingly enough, the baby's mom IS a

pediatrician! She was asking her mom, who is a RD, but

works mostly in management in an elderly meals

program, as do I, what she thinks and for suggestions.

The grandmother is pushing for adding cereal, I

cautioned against this, and suggested to supplement

with formula instead. thanks for your response. Sue

--- Stuart < stuartwallachism (DOT) <mailto:stuart%40wallachism.com> com>

wrote:

> What did the peadiatrician say? It sounds like a

> possible metabolic disorder.

>

> " Sue Nichols, RD/CDE/CDN " < suegoshenyahoo (DOT) <mailto:suegoshen%40yahoo.com>

com>

> wrote:

> Hi all, looking for any information for a woman

> who

> had an almost 10 baby boy recently, exclusively

> breastfeeding, baby gained no weight first week,

> and

> lost weight second week. The grandmother, a

> RD, is wondering if there are any suggestions for

> supplementing mothers/baby's breastfeeding to

> promote

> weight gain. I work with the geriatric population,

> so

> this is out of my practice areas. thanks. Sue

> Nichols,

> MS/RD/CDE/CDN

>

> --- " Ortiz, R.D. " < nrordadelphia (DOT) <mailto:nrord%40adelphia.net> net>

> wrote:

>

> > A prospective cohort study of more than 40,000

> > people in Japan has shown that drinking green

> tea

> > can significantly cut deaths from cardiovascular

> > disease (CVD) as well as all-cause mortality,

> > particularly in women. There was no beneficial

> > effect of green tea consumption on cancer

> mortality,

> > however.

> >

>

>

http://www.medscape

<http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/544569?sssdmh=dm1.213424 & src=nldne>

..com/viewarticle/544569?sssdmh=dm1.213424 & src=nldne

> > Shinichi Kuriyama, MD, from Tohuku University

> > Graduate School of Medicine in Miyagi, Japan,

> and

> > colleagues, report their findings in the

> September

> > 13 issue of JAMA. Kuriyama told heartwire: " I

> think

> > our study provides strong evidence regarding the

> > benefits of drinking green tea in humans on CVD,

> but

> > not cancer, with a large sample size. "

> >

> > " The reason for the discrepancy between effects

> on

> > CVD and on cancer deaths in our study is

> uncertain.

> > Substantial evidence from in vitro and animal

> > studies indicates that green tea preparations

> can

> > inhibit both CVD and carcinogenic processes.

> > However, recent epidemiological studies have

> > indicated that green tea consumption is

> associated

> > with reduced cardiovascular risk profiles but

> have

> > demonstrated almost null data regarding the

> > association between green tea consumption and

> cancer

> > at various sites. Our results are almost

> consistent

> > with those of the recent epidemiologic studies. "

> >

> > Green Tea Has Largest Effect on Stroke

> > Dr. Kuriyama and colleagues explain that almost

> all

> > Japanese people consume green tea as one of

> their

> > favorite beverages. They designed their

> prospective

> > analysis to examine the association between

> green

> > tea consumption and mortality due to all causes,

> > CVD, and cancer within a large population-based

> > cohort study of 40,530 people in Miyagi

> Prefecture

> > in northeastern Japan.

> >

> > For 11 years (follow-up rate for all-cause

> > mortality, 86.1%), 4209 participants died, and

> for

> > up to 7 years, (follow-up rate for

> cause-specific

> > mortality, 89.6%), 829 people died of CVD, and

> 1134

> > died of cancer.

> >

> > Compared with participants who drank less than 1

> cup

> > of green tea per day, those who consumed 5 or

> more

> > cups had a risk for all-cause and CVD mortality

> that

> > was 16% lower (during 11 years of follow-up) and

> 26%

> > lower (during 7 years of follow-up),

> respectively.

> >

> > The inverse association with CVD mortality was

> > stronger than that with all-cause mortality, and

> > among the types of CVD, the strongest inverse

> > association was seen for stroke mortality.

> >

> > Table. Proportional Hazard Ratios (HRs)

> Among

> > All Participants for 7-Year Mortality Due to CVD

> by

> > Green Tea Consumption in Japanese Adults*

> > Mortality Outcomes Green Tea Consumption,

> > Cups/Day P for Trend

> > < 1 1 - 2 3 - 4 ? 5

> > CHD, No. of deaths 58 47 43 61

> > CHD, multivariate HR 1.00 1.04 0.90 0.86

> 0.34

> > Stroke, No. of deaths 145 99 102 126

> > Stroke, multivariate HR 1.00 0.84 0.78

> 0.63

> > <0.001

> > Cerebral infarction, No. of deaths 65 41

> 48 43

> >

> > Cerebral infarction, multivariate HR 1.00

> 0.77

> > 0.81 0.49 0.001

> > Cerebral hemorrhage, No. of deaths 34 30

> 33 40

> >

> > Cerebral hemorrhage, multivariate HR 1.00

> 1.10

> > 1.15 0.98 0.94

> > Subarachnoid hemorrhage, No. of deaths 21

> 13

> > 12 26

> > Subarachnoid hemorrhage, multivariate HR

> 1.00

> > 0.71 0.57 0.78 0.42

> > *CVD, indicates cardiovascular disease;

> and

> > CHD, coronary heart disease. Multivariate HR

> > adjusted for age; sex; job status; years of

> > education; body mass index; physical activity,

> > history of hypertension; diabetes; gastric

> ulcer;

> > smoking status; alcohol consumption; total

> energy

> > intake per day; daily consumption of rice, miso,

> > soybean products, total meat, total fish, total

> > dairy, and total fruits and vegetables; and

> > consumption of oolong tea, black tea, and

> coffee.

> >

> > Source: JAMA. 2006;296:1255-1265.

> >

> > Green Tea Effect on CVD, All-Cause Mortality

> > Stronger in Women

> > The inverse association between green tea

> > consumption, CVD, and all-cause mortality was

> > stronger in women than in men (P = .08 for

> > interaction with sex). In women, the

> multivariate

> > hazard ratios of CVD mortality across increasing

> > green tea consumption categories (cups/day) were

> > 1.00, 0.84, 0.69, and 0.69, respectively (P =

> .004

> > for trend).

> >

> > " The reason for the discrepancy between men and

> > women for the association of green tea

> consumption

> > and risk of all-cause and CVD mortality is

> > uncertain, " say the researchers.

> >

> > " One possibility is residual confounding by

> > cigarette smoking [as] men were more likely to

> > smoke, and the inverse associations between

> green

> > tea consumption and CVD mortality appeared to be

> > more pronounced in participants who had never

> > smoked. These results suggest that higher rates

> of

> > smoking may mask the association of green tea

> > consumption with CVD mortality among men. "

> >

> > The authors add that the effect of green tea

> > " appears to be a threshold effect rather than a

> > dose-response relationship, such that persons

> who

> > consume at least 1 cup a day may receive some

> > benefit. "

> >

> > A number of biological mechanisms, including

> radical

> > scavenging and antioxidant properties, have been

> > proposed for the beneficial effects of green

> tea.

> > The authors note that previous studies have

> > suggested that green tea favorably affects

>

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