should human breast milk be sold over the counter?

[arcane1]

not just for nursing, but as a beverage, coffee creamer, etc?

Just wondering. It's interesting how people react to a question like that. Many instinctively go "ewwww", and then promptly go drink milk from a frikkin' COW! :puke:

if not, why not? :shrug:

[izzie]

1. Take this off, please

why would anyone think this?

[arcane1]

7. you'd be surprised what gets brought up

alcohol and boredom, the devil's best buds :evilgrin:

[Deja Q]

2. Well...

It's a novel idea and allows the exploitation of yet another untapped source of capital... :eyes:

[mot78]

3. Fuck no!

Besides, it addition to knowing where it comes from, it wouldn't taste good anyway, considering what we tend to eat compared to a cow's diet. I've also heard of the idea of breast milk cheese :puke:

[notadmblnd]

9. Is where it comes from a nasty place?

and actually my husband told me it is sweet.

[mot78]

14. What i mean is that

what we eat can determine the taste of, get this, our sperm, urine, and even breat milk
(btw this is not a sex post...don't lock)

[arcane1]

18. kind of like the brains and spinal cords that cows eat

:puke:

[Mattforclark]

4. I don't see a problem with it

[Shrubhater]

5. That's an interesting thought but,

Who would want to make human breastmilk for a living?:shrug:

[Arger68]

6. At least

we won't have to see those awful women breastfeeding in public then.

Sincerely,
John Ashcroft

[redqueen]

8. Why not?

Goodness knows I had WAY too much for a couple of years. I could have scored some cash!

Would the antibodies and stuff help humans the way it does infants?

[arcane1]

10. I imagine in practice it's way too many factors involved

but it's funny the way people react to the question :P

and besides, could it be worse for you than cow milk?

(note that my post in not an endorsement, merely a tpoic for discussion :P )

[redqueen]

15. Couldn't be worse than cow's milk

Esp. not the storebought kind (BUY ORGANIC!) *shudder*

I find some of the reactions amusing as well. Strange...

[arcane1]

21. yeah, I think that's what makes me laugh...

I've NEVER seen a cow's boob and thought "hmmm..."

humans, on the other hand... :p

ps- cool sig :toast:

[redqueen]

31. lol @ udders v. breasts

What makes me nauseated is thinking about what they give the cows -- synthetic hormones, antibiotics out the yin yang... nasty, nasty stuff. *bleah*

re: sig - thanks. :D

[arcane1]

35. and, of course, other cows...

though of course if human milk were such a hot commodity, you just KNOW there would be a camp somewhere full of women getting hormones and steroids, etc. Best to be kept on a purely voluntary basis :)

[redqueen]

38. Oh nuh uh!

I see those poor cows and think how *painful* it must be. I can see some woman trying it ... and then running away - fast!

[arcane1]

39. oh yeah... keep those machines away!!!

that's better done in person too :)

[redqueen]

41. LOL!

And without pumps! :)

I had an electric one that looked like a suitcase. It was so noisy! I would take it to work and use it in an empty office, but I *hated* knowing that anyone who walked by knew exactly what was up in there.

[arcane1]

44. hehe, agreed

I would hope they make those things smaller and more convenient nowadays anyway. One can hope!!

[BlueJazz]

11. Oh God, arcane...tell me more. I love it when you talk dirty!

:)

[GOPisEvil]

12. arcane1...dude...I wanna party with you!

I am LMAO over here. :D

[arcane1]

19. hmmm, why do I have the feeling...

you are already making drink recipies w/Kalua and spiced rum?


:evilgrin:

[GOPisEvil]

22. Ooooh...I was thinking about the bottle of vodka in the freezer...

Call it a "babushka"...:evilgrin:

[redqueen]

33. Baboooooooosh-ka

Thanks! Kate Bush playing in the mental jukebox - wonderful! :)

[radwriter0555]

13. very very strange. You men are just freaks is all.

This is what you do with your day? think of strange and abberated things to do?

yikes.

[redqueen]

16. lol you're just noticing this?

"If an alien came down and she was really sexy, and you could have sex with her and nobody would ever know..."

[radwriter0555]

40. oh HELL No, but I usually get YELLED at when I point it out, especially

here where all the men are...


are....

well, DEFENSIVE.

Them mens is freaks I tell ya.

Freaks.

[redqueen]

42. Ayup, no argument there!

But fun! :)

[arcane1]

45. no argument here either

obviously :P

[Deja Q]

20. Why, yes!

Remember, the one thing we're good for, we're not good AT... :D

Hey, I think of microwaving peeps, pressurizing peeps, putting peeps in a depressurized atmosphere, putting a blowtorch to peeps... Pouring hot water over peeps... How sane do you think I am? :crazy:

Oh, that's "peeps" as in the disgustingly cute and equallyu disgusting confectionary... not the slang term for people, I'm not next of kin to soylent green ya know... :D

[arcane1]

24. lol

peeps scare me

the confection, not the people

well, the people too :)

[EV1Ltimm]

17. brilliant!

call it a delicacy, much like caviar, and charge people out the ass for it.

I'll be expecting my royalty check in the mail!

[rucky]

23. Won't it lose most of its nutrients if it sits on the shelf

and does it taste better than Coffeemate?

[redqueen]

29. It would have to be frozen if it's kept around for long, yes n/t

[rucky]

48. Boobcicles!

for teething kids (& kids at heart)

[SarahB]

25. Humans don't produce as much as cows

Actually human breast milk is sold, but obtained by the few milk banks around the country. Primarily, it's for extremely allergic infants who for whatever reason can't get it from the source or I've even heard it's been used for those with medical conditions.
Pumping milk for women takes a lot of time, patience, and effort and I suspect, if someone wanted some, they'd either have to find their own direct source or pay some big bucks.

[arcane1]

26. yeah, like someone said in an earlier post:

it's amazing that it isn't already some rich person's delicacy, sold in snobby restaurants, etc.

had no idea I'd get so many replies to this zany post :P

[supernova]

27. I might not be lactose intolerant

to human milk. :shrug:

And the idea of the antibodies helping adults as well as kiddies is interesting. Perhaps adults with compromised immune systems?

[arcane1]

30. good point, I hadn't thought of that...

who knows? Is the lactose in question specific to cows, some certain molecular structure...?

[HFishbine]

28. Does over the internet count as over the counter?

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/8072564.html

http://www.breastfeeding.org/articles/milkbank1.html

Related:
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Breast Milk Forbidden on Chinese Market

The possible sale of human breast milk has been forbidden by China's Ministry of Health, an official in central China's Hunan Province said Monday.

On Jan. 26, a restaurant in Changsha, capital of Hunan, put on its menu 12 dishes made from the breast milk of six women in the province's mountainous areas.


The incident aroused a heated dispute on the marketing of breast milk products across the country, forcing the restaurant to suspend production.


Huang Jinsong, an official with the Hunan provincial health department, said the Ministry of Health had made it clear that "breast milk cannot be taken as merchandise or traded for profits".


http://test.china.org.cn/english/government/55475.htm

[arcane1]

32. well, what do you know! interesting..

and I thought I was just making this stuff up! :silly:

[redqueen]

34. You know what they say:

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Now you know it's true!

[arcane1]

37. yeah, no kidding...

I would've been amazed if nobody had ever thought of it before, though

[Triple H]

36. Um...how about no?

Wouldn't a person get diseases from that? Doesn't AIDS travel through breast milk? (I seriously don't know).

It's a horrible idea.

[name not needed]

43. id rather drink from the source

:)

[Blue-Jay]

46. It's a good thing men don't lactate.

We'd just run around squirting each other all the time and cracking up.

"Hey, check it out! I just got Bob right in the mouth! BoooYAH!"

[arcane1]

49. lol!

that is sadly so true :P

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

47. A documented breast milk taste-test

http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000134.html

Thinking about actually drinking breast milk has caused me to ponder the question: Is it not weirder to drink cow's milk which is truly intended for baby cows? The answer: Hell no! The only thing weirder than me drinking breast milk, is the fact that milk is coming out of my wife's chest in the first place. It sure as hell didn't do that when I met her. I'm telling you, the whole thing is lunacy. I love my wife, but does she really have to be such a mammal?

Okay, I have put this off long enough. The time has come. I'm off to The Booby Bar to see what they've got on tap...

[SarahB]

50. Time to again pull out the 101 Reasons to Breastfeed

Not that this is the messege of the thread, but just a nice, little lactivist reminder!!! :) http://www.promom.org/101/

[camero]

51. NO

You should be able to get it straight from the source. :P

Even in old age. Not that homogenized over-the-counter stuff. It would probably be GM too.

No frankenbreasts.