>From what I have read, if the woman herself was breastfed as a baby, then her
>gut will not be "leaky" and let these proteins into her milk.

I was breastfed for 9 months (a long time back in the 60's when I was born)
but I do seem to have the "leaky" gut problem as my baby reacted pretty
badly to milk, soy, peanuts and peas in my diet.

I was fed solids at an outrageously early age by today's standards (like
I think cereal by 2 weeks and all kinds of stuff by 6-8 weeks -- then they
decided that I was "allergic to everything" and took me off everything for
a while).  So even though I was breastfed, this early exposure to foreign
proteins may have been implicated in my development of a leaky gut.

I am also anaphylactic to fish; I suspect that having a serious allergy
oneself is a likely sign of a leaky gut.

--Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/7/93 and Matthew 6/16/96)
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