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From Hyperbole Up to Hyperbole Down

LAURENCE FINBERG, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1992;146(12):1432.

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On September 29, 1992, a media event was staged by a group calling themselves the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. They recommended the virtual exclusion of milk from the human diet. We have come a long way with this negative hyperbole from the positive one of a few years back designating milk as "the perfect food" and stating that one should ingest approximately a liter (1 quart) per day. Both positions cannot be right; neither of them is.

The present furor does not concern infant feeding. We have known for a long time that unmodified cow's milk was a poor food in the early months of life. High solute load, high phosphorus, lack of iron, and propensity to induce intestinal bleeding are all known problems associated with cow's milk that have resulted in progressive methods of modification for use when breast-feeding is either interdicted or not desired by the mother. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Department of Pediatrics State University of New York—Brooklyn 450 Clarkson Ave, Box 49 Brooklyn, NY 11203

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