If I were to try to list all of the studies here that PROVE that formula puts babies are risk for cancer, infectious diseases, and ill-health in general.... well, it would be just as long as a list for all the studies that show how terrible smoking is.
I suggest you start here - at the US Department of Health and Human Services - http://www.womenshealth.gov/breastfeeding/index.cfm?page=home
Here's another quick link to risk factors:
http://www.breastfeedingtaskforla.org/ABMRisks.htm
This is public domain information. I also recommend doing a simple Google search, and you will find pages and pages and pages of medical journals, scientific studies, policy & position statements, and tables showing how much breastfeeding protects us from.
Breastfeeding also helps protect MOTHERS from breast cancer. So the benefits are not purely one-sided.
And the body filters many toxins out of the breastmilk before it reaches the baby. It has been proven that it is better for a baby to get breastmilk from a smoking mother than to be fed formula.
http://www.kellymom.com/health/lifestyle/smoking.html
All the facts are there. Whether people choose to ignore them to the detriment of their child (and their own health) is purely a personal decision. Just don't act like you didn't know.
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If I were to try to list all of the studies here that PROVE that formula puts babies are risk for cancer, infectious diseases, and ill-health in general.... well, it would be just as long as a list for all the studies that show how terrible smoking is.
I suggest you start here - at the US Department of Health and Human Services - http://www.womenshealth.gov/breastfeeding/index.cfm?page=home
Here's another quick link to risk factors:
http://www.breastfeedingtaskforla.org/ABMRisks.htm
This is public domain information. I also recommend doing a simple Google search, and you will find pages and pages and pages of medical journals, scientific studies, policy & position statements, and tables showing how much breastfeeding protects us from.
Breastfeeding also helps protect MOTHERS from breast cancer. So the benefits are not purely one-sided.
And the body filters many toxins out of the breastmilk before it reaches the baby. It has been proven that it is better for a baby to get breastmilk from a smoking mother than to be fed formula.
http://www.kellymom.com/health/lifestyle/smoking.html
All the facts are there. Whether people choose to ignore them to the detriment of their child (and their own health) is purely a personal decision. Just don't act like you didn't know.
January 8, 2009 - 12:34pmThis Comment
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