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Breastmilk: Not Just for Babies Anymore
I've been curiously following a really great discussion over on the Hot Topics in Health board about a Swiss restaurant's plan to incorporate human breastmilk into their menu items. Now PETA is apparently getting in on the act by petitioning Ben & Jerry's to replace the cow's milk in their Cherry Garcia and Chubby Hubby with human breastmilk. Now, I'm all for breastfeeding, but I also have to admit the opportunities for jokes in this story are too much for me to resist, so I am going to cut straight to the reactions:
"No way! I don't care if they test everyone who donates the milk, things can be passed through breast milk and I am not going to drink somebody's bodily fluid. " -- amomalmost40
"Why not? Cow milk comes from a breast, too." -- daelaria
There are so many women who want more than anything to be able to breastfeed their babies but are unable to for one reason or another. Wouldn't a better use of all this apparent extra breastmilk be in offering it at an affordable price to women who can't breastfeed?" -- gal_marlena
They're also discussing this story on Breastfeeding/Lactation Consultant, Taboos, Breastfeeding and Breastmilk vs. Formula Debate boards. As cmcindik asks, "Would you, could you, dine on foods made with breast milk?" Well? We wanna know!
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This does not seem right. I am all for breastfeeding - I breastfed my children but this is going too far. I found out about this from an article on bettyconfidential.com - I think they say it best!
http://www.bettyconfidential.com/ar/h/a/a02049.html
Well, it is true. Cows milk comes from a cows breast, and do they test it all? No, and they can have diseases like humans can. They pasteurize it all. The same can be done with human milk.
Even though, I think that breastmilk should be given to babies that need it before its made into ice cream.
im all for breastmilk in any form to as long as everything is safe i cant belive the world we live in would rather drink milk from a cow goat sheep ect and not from a human this world is thinking backwards if you ask me