# True fact - Some lactating women's milk is as rich as table cream!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-fact-some-lactating-womens-milk-is-as-rich-as-table-cream/218745 "2003-12-13T06:10:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-fact-some-lactating-womens-milk-is-as-rich-as-table-cream/218745/1 "2003-12-13T06:10:03Z")
It’s amazing but true! [Fat and cholesterol in human milk](http://www.westonaprice.org/children/humanmilk.html) > [@](#): > > Some women produce milk that has a fat level similar to the Guernsey or Jersey cow (high fat) and some produce milk that more closely resembles the Holstein cow (lower fat). The higher fat is more desirable, of course, for the developing infant. The higher fat milk will have more of the fat molecules that are needed for their many functional properties, and will also supply enough energy so that all of the protein can be used by the infant for development. Fat is spoken of as “protein sparing.” Without adequate fat, the protein in human milk cannot be used. > > Studies of milk from 224 Danish mothers showed that they produced milk with a very wide range of fat content.1 The average amount of fat was 39 grams per liter of milk and the range was from 18 grams to 89 grams per liter of milk. That is the equivalent of an average milk fat content of 3.9 percent with the range between 1.8 percent and 8.9 percent. This would mean that some babies would be getting the equivalent of 2 percent milk and some would be getting the equivalent of table cream, with the average infant getting the equivalent of whole Guernsey or Jersey milk. Studies have shown that the average levels of fat in the milk of Canadian women to be 3.2 percent, and the fat levels in two different areas in China to be either the same at 3.2 percent or somewhat higher at 3.8 percent. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-fact-some-lactating-womens-milk-is-as-rich-as-table-cream/218745/2 "2003-12-13T06:23:28Z")
Ummm, thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-fact-some-lactating-womens-milk-is-as-rich-as-table-cream/218745/3 "2003-12-13T06:41:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SanguineSpider \* > \*\*Ummm, thanks for sharing. \*\* I’ll take that as a _yummy_ “ummm”, and not a sardonically ponderous “ummm”. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-fact-some-lactating-womens-milk-is-as-rich-as-table-cream/218745/4 "2003-12-13T06:44:07Z")
It’s not yummy and I breastfed my own child!! Never even wanted to taste it myself like some freaky moms have done. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-fact-some-lactating-womens-milk-is-as-rich-as-table-cream/218745/5 "2003-12-13T06:53:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SanguineSpider \* > \*\*It’s not yummy and I breastfed my own child!! Never even wanted to taste it myself like some freaky moms have done. \*\* Freaky? The prospect of getting fresh half and half for my morning mug of hazelnut java from a turgidly nippled breast, aching to be emptied, works on so many levels. So very many levels. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-fact-some-lactating-womens-milk-is-as-rich-as-table-cream/218745/6 "2003-12-13T07:19:47Z")
**astro** To me it seems your assertion has been hastily drawn and is based on little evidence. Since this is a nutritional concern of _vital_ importance, I believe it is of the utmost ugency that a rather large and ongoing study be conducted. No doubt _all_ of you agree right ? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-fact-some-lactating-womens-milk-is-as-rich-as-table-cream/218745/7 "2003-12-13T07:45:13Z")
Astro, ahem, I actually made cappucino once when China bambina was a newbie. Not sure if it was psychological or actually the taste, but I much prefer cow milk.