my milk is very sweet. it tastes like rice milk.
i think her actual point (but i, like everyone here, am just guessing) was
that the starchy foods dissolve in your mouth and are thus less of a choking
hasard. but yes, it does just mean "carbohydrates."



On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 6:07 PM, william <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Lynnet Bannion wrote:
>
>> I think the actual point of the doctor is that people stuff their babies
>> with fruit too early (and too much), and since it's sweet the babies
>> gobble it up, and
>> cry for more. Human milk is higher in sugar and lower in protein than cows
>> milk.
>>
>> "starchy" carbs slow them down a little, as they don't like them so well.
>> But of course the doctor would have to answer the question of what he/she
>> actually meant.
>>
>> The only adult from whom I've heard on that subject said that mothers'
> milk tasted sour.
> I'd assume that babies also convert carbohydrates/starch into
> sugar/glucose.  It doesn't sound like a proper start in life for those whom
> I've started to suspect are really obligate carnivores.
>
> William
>