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Breastfeeding Your Baby: Why It’s Important

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Breastfeeding baby dolls have hit the market with controversy, and it’s fascinating that the means given to us by nature to feed our young is at all controversial. And apparently, it’s also controversial to teach our young about it.

It’s rather unusual that as a society, it’s far less controversial to have breasts displayed on magazine covers and inside magazines to sell products, but that their purpose for feeding our young has somehow become obscene.

Breast milk has many benefits that a store bought formula simply can’t provide. And without these nutrients, our young are far more likely to become sick.

Recently, the World Health Organization said that literally millions of lives around the world would be spared if the children had been breast feed. It’s a powerful statement that speaks to the power and importance of breastfeeding.

Aside from having an optimal protein and nutrient balance for young developing bodies, breast milk contains disease fighting medium-chain fatty acids that are natural antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal substances. These medium chain fatty acids are also found in coconut oil, and can destroy many pathogens before they become problems.

Breast milk is also a key source of healthy bacteria for our colons. These healthy bacteria are one of our body’s primary disease fighting mechanisms, and with ample amounts of these healthy bacteria, many germs and bacteria simply can’t gain a foothold in our bodies. And if those germs and bacteria can’t gain a foothold, they won’t be the cause of disease.

When you understand all of the properties of breast milk, it’s easy to see why breast milk is the ideal food for babies. Because, in addition to offering optimal nutrition, it actually works on a number of levels to protect infants from diseases in their childhood and beyond.

Nature has infinite wisdom that created this powerful substance specifically for babies, yet for some odd reason, many cultures have decided it’s in some way perverse. This cultural mindset is an unfortunate consequence of moving away from nature in many ways, and one can only hope that our children don’t suffer the consequences from this lack of understanding.

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