RE: [HAPS-L] Cabbage and lactation

["David Evans" <devans@xxxxxxx>]

It seems unlikely (and only that) for a water-soluble substance to move
through the epidermis. OTOH: if there really is anything to this story,
the substance could be fat-soluble. However, I have another answer.

An explanation may be that someone noticed that cabbage-EATING (not
rubbing!) women have lower breast cancer rates due to estrogen blocking.
Somehow the two ideas of mammary secretions and mammary cancers got
bungled up in folks' minds. Some of the breast cancers manifest in
unexpected breast secretions so that odd mental association may have
been strengthened.

>From the Alma Mater, here is a report on the estrogen-blocking effects
of something in cabbages:
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20010303/food.asp

Anticancer chemicals have been found before in members of the genus
Brassica before: sulforaphane and indole-3 but these are more highly
concentrated in broccoli sprouts and certain other relatives of mustard
greens than in cabbage. Therefore, eat your greens and stop whining!

To those for whom I have not proven a complete cure for insomnia: there
are more living old wives than living old Ob-Gyn's!

-----Original Message-----
From: HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Rawding, Robert S
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 5:12 PM
To: HAPS-L@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [HAPS-L] Cabbage and lactation

Steve, 

That would be a good trick with the cabbage, though, since the mammary
glands are inside the breasts - not the breasts themselves, e.g. a
duckbill platypus has mammary glands but no breasts.   But we DO know
what you meant, Steve!!!!   So too, the milk letdown reflex stops when
the stretch on the nipple stops - I belive.   The cabbage or any other
object would be irrelevant.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Kish
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 2:28 PM
To: HAPS-L@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [HAPS-L] Cabbage and lactation

Here's an interesting one,

     We were discussing oxytocin in class today, and I was talking
about how this hormone stimulates the ejection of milk from the mammary
glands.  One of my students asked why some women put cabbage on their
mammary glands to stop the leaking of breast milk.  Several other
students said that their mother's did the same thing.  I have never
heard of this.  Does anyone out there have any information on this?

Steve

Steven Kish
Assistant Professor
Zane State College
1555 Newark Road
Zanesville, OH 43701

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