Apparently I wasn't alone in worrying
about my breastmilk supply, my pumping capabilities, and making sure I produced enough milk for my baby.
We seek to ensure that health professionals and parents only receive scientific, unbiased and factual information
about breastmilk substitutes, rather than misleading and often confusing profit - driven marketing.
Breast milk is actually just that amazing that its worth talking about over and over and over again, mainly because so many people know so
little about breastmilk.
Infant formula is a rough copy of what we knew several years
ago about breastmilk which is in itself only a rough approximation of something we are only beginning to get an inkling of and are constantly being surprised by.
Infant formula is a rough copy of what we knew several years ago
about breastmilk which is in itself a rough approximation of something we are only beginning to get an inkling of and are constantly being surprised by.
(If you want to convince yourself of how little we
know about breastmilk, ask yourself why it is that, although breastmilk and infant formulas have the same amount of sugar, breastmilk is so much sweeter).
I don't believe every claim
made about breastmilk either — I also don't buy into some idea that my toddler is just as good off without any added antibodies or ingesting milk from a different mammal that design's its milk for its own offspring.
But when we're not talking
about breastmilk for babies, but instead breastmilk for grown adults, the topi...
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please about breastmilk someone i know breastfeeds and the child is sick all the time I don't know how true this fact holds I think it has a lot to do with saving money and nothing about nutrition or antibodies.
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These companies will continue to innovate their products, give you freebies and samples, because tell me, what can you still
innovate about breastmilk and breastfeeding?
Where we're
honest about breastmilk being the best food for babies, and where we don't use duplicitous methods to sell formula.
(Random: I had one baby who LOVED nursing, but was never all that
jazzed about breastmilk in bottle form and clearly preferred formula over EBM.
The baby could just be
fussy about breastmilk because of poor production, letdown issues, a growth spurt, or a poor latch.
After I thought about it, I explained to my partner that while there is so much new research / things
discovered about breastmilk and its properties, I told her, that as a field, Breastfeeding Medicine is constantly battling critics and having to «prove» our medicine.
I have learned a
lot about breastmilk / feeding since I wrote this post, and I plan to do an update soon, because there's a lot of incorrect (and unfortunate) information out there about breastfeeding and tooth decay!
An article is released sharing the findings of a new study that revealing some new
findings about breastmilk or there may be some issues with formula and hundreds of comments pour in with things like «formula is the same thing, really and all the breastfed kids I know are sick all the time but my formula fed kids have genius IQs and are never sick» or «you know, not everyone can breastfeed so I guess I'm a bad mom because my breasts just didn't work.»
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about breastmilk composition and the risks of giving water to baby if he is exclusively breastfed.
But when we're not
talking about breastmilk for babies, but instead breastmilk for grown adults, the topic is even more divided.
(If you want to convince yourself of how little we
know about breastmilk, ask yourself why it is that, though breastmilk and infant formulas have the same amount of sugar, breastmilk is so much sweeter).
The recent Lancet Breastfeeding Series refers to new discoveries being
made about breastmilk — such as its role in gene expression — so it can be expected that Nestle will use the strategy of launching «new improved» formulas that are «closer to breastmilk» for decades to come (Nestle is currently investing heavily in epigentics research).
A reader writes: So Tipat Chalav is now advising to give all babies tastes of food beginning at * 4 * * months *, because if we «wait» until 6 months some babies get more attached to the bottle and might resist integrating solids into their diet.Isn't there some
statistic about breastmilk - only for 6... [Read more...]
My Wrap Up for this show: So we have now talked
about breastmilk storage guidelines and defrosting and warming guidelines.
Going crazy all over the mainstream media and social media is an article that everyone is freaking out about (and FYI I would have been too as a new mother)
about breastmilk «causing» cavities.
9 Myths
about Breastmilk Do you ever wonder about some of the things that are considered common knowledge about breastmilk?
Those who study breastfeeding these days say that
about breastmilk.
Setting the record straight: It turns out, Neil Patrick Harris was on talking
about the breastmilk he got for his daughter on The Late Late Show, and not the David Letterman Show.