Why Breast Milk is better than Formula

"Due to its benefits, health authorities recommend breast feeding exclusively for the first six months of a baby's life, followed by breastfeeding in addition to solid food until children are at least a year old. Yet in the US, just 11 per cent of babies are exclusively breastfed up to the age of six months. In the UK, the figure is just 3 per cent. Despite all the public-health campaigns encouraging new mothers to breast feed, tens of millions of babies worldwide are raised on infant formula rather than breast milk."

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The above quote and the chart to the left are from an article in the New Scientist of July 12, 2008 "Winning formula?" To get the full article a subscription to New Scientist is needed but you can look at an abstract without a subscription.

I have New Scientist mailed to be every week - a big favorite.

Quite a number of my clients have worked out with me both before and after baby, so I have a natural interest in all things related to children's health. The really sad thing is that many people believe that formula is actually better than breast milk. Nothing could be further from the truth.