Breastfeeding is the ultimate nutrition because it supplies all the necessary nutrients for proper development, protects
your baby against illness and disease, it fights against allergies and obesity, it's easily digested, and breast milk caters to your baby's specific needs through their saliva!
If you are breastfeeding, having breast milk alone up to the age of around 6 months will help protect
your baby against illness and infections.
Despite all your efforts to guard
your baby against illnesses, there were still factors from the environment that you can't control, like the hazards from the air inside your home.
Not exact matches
The first milk that your body produces for your
baby is called colostrum, and it has large amounts of a substance called secretory immunoglobulin — this substance provides your
baby with resistance
against germs which in turn helps prevent
illnesses.
One of many benefits for
babies is that mother's milk can protect them
against illness and infection.
Carrots are good for
baby's eyesight developing and can help strengthen the immune system
against illness.
When a
baby is breast fed, the antibodies pass on from the mother to the
baby, helping to protect
against illness and allergies.
Your
baby will be given several lots of vaccinations to protect them
against different diseases and
illnesses; currently, the NHS immunisation programme includes vaccinations
against:
It contains antibodies to protect
against infection, so that your new
baby gets the best protection possible
against illnesses.
That protection can be vital because
babies younger than 6 months are especially vulnerable to complications, but they are too young to be vaccinated
against the
illness.
Breastfeeding's protection
against illness lasts beyond your
baby's breastfeeding stage, too.
Within the gift is a unique immunological mix designed just for that
baby, and also with continued feeding comes protection
against many childhood
illness and chronic conditions in later life.
Benefits for
baby include protection
against many different
illnesses and diseases.
Because of a week immune system, defense
against microbes is also weak, as a result the child is likely to suffer from infections and
illnesses that a
baby with normal birth won't.
So formula can't provide a
baby with the added protection
against infection and
illness that breast milk does.
These antibodies are added protein that help your
baby to be protected
against infection and
illness.
It is a highly responsive living food that customizes itself to the specific needs of the
baby and has unparalleled immunological and anti-inflammatory properties that offer lifelong protection to children
against numerous
illnesses and diseases.
Breastfeeding your
baby will provide antibodies and enzymes that help protect
against illness.
Strengthening your body's defenses
against illnesses is extremely important when it comes to protecting the health of your unborn
baby.
Of those five, four found that breast - feeding did not protect
babies against infectious
illness.
Breast milk passes antibodies on to
babies, offering some protection
against illness and disease.
Seriously, it's the best nutrition a
baby can have, best fight
against illness and disease, and great for the development of jaw muscles for talking a few months down the line.
It is important to recognise that severe psychiatric
illness may have negative consequences for the woman, her
baby and her family, and these must be weighed
against what is known about the risks of taking medication.»