I lost 2 stone on a diet of breast milk
Bianca, 30, tried ‘get-fit drink’ after fella dumped her
Bianca downs milk shake at start of diet Bianca Collins dropped two stone after a pal introduced her to the drink, which is rich in nutrients. She has since spent €4,000 on breast milk – delivered frozen. Bianca tried it after becoming depressed when a boyfriend ended their three-year relationship. Their sex life had fizzled out and Bianca, 30, said she was made to feel like a “fat mess”. She had gone from 8st and size 6-8 to 11st and size 12 – scoffing a 400g pot of Nutella chocolate spread each day. Doughnuts, chocs and cheesecake were other nibbles. Bianca said: “I was devastated when I found out my ex blamed my weight for the breakdown of our relationship. I became a recluse. I felt fat, ugly and my confidence was at rock bottom. “My friend Jonny, a personal trainer, persuaded me to join the gym. One day he offered me his sports bottle, filled with pink liquid. “It was delicious. I couldn’t believe what was in it – strawberry protein shake and breast milk.” She said Jonny added breast milk to his shakes for nutritional reasons and because he believed it could stimulate weight loss. Bianca took the plunge and bought a batch of milk from the same US website that Jonny used.
PUZZLED
She added: “At first I was puzzled how people could buy breast milk from strangers and know it was safe, but the website explained that each donor was screened to ensure their milk was STI and disease free.
“I ordered 200 fluid ounces of milk, costing £200. I was surprised by the taste. It was sweeter than cow’s milk. Then I mixed it with chocolate powder and it was just as tasty as Jonny’s shake had been.”
Bianca, of Morley, Leeds, started adding the milk to cereal, protein shakes, coffee and even spaghetti carbonara and chicken soup.
She said: “I loved experimenting, even making mocktails. Weeks later, I’d lost 6lbs and was hooked.
“I started spending up to £400 on breast milk each month. I went on to drink it for 18 months and lost two stone. I now weigh nine stone, am a size eight and I’m so happy.”
Bianca is currently unemployed but still drinks breast milk whenever she can – spending a bingo win on her most recent batch.
She even plans to drink her own milk when she becomes a mum.
But Nottingham-based GP Ian Campbell, a campaigner for the treatment and prevention of obesity, issued a cautionary note.
He said: “There’s no scientific evidence to support the use of breast milk as a weight loss remedy.
“Any weight lost is as a result of consuming fewer calories than she’s been expending, and there are a lot of safer ways to achieve that.
“I have grave reservations about the safety of buying breast milk over the internet. I’d have to question its provenance and source. I wouldn’t advise anyone to do it.”
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