Breast Feeding is Best
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The Healing Power of 8 SugarS
What Doctors want YOU to know about Glyconutrients
Excerpt from the book (The Healing Power of 8 SugarS)
…A healthy newborn will search to find the mother's breast within thirty to ninety minutes after birth. This is an innate or instinctive action and clearly, the newborn's first priority. Not only does the breast milk contain most of the eight necessary glyconutrients (in the form of glycoconjugates, glycoconjugate sugars, simple sugars, glycoproteins, oligosaccharides, etc.), but it also contains various antibodies and the perfect balance of fats, amino acids, carbohydrates and water.1,2,3 It never gets any better than this for babies. The Intelligent Design we find in nature is wiser than all human innovation.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends breast milk over cow's milk. In the October 1995 issue of FDA Consumer, Rebecca D. Williams wrote, "Cow's milk contains a different type of protein than breast milk. This is good for calves, but human infants can have difficulty digesting it. Bottle-fed infants tend to be fatter than breast-fed infants, but not necessarily healthier." She also added, "New parents want to give their babies the very best. When it comes to nutrition, the best first food for babies is mothers' breast milk." She goes on to say, "More than two decades of research has established that breast milk is perfectly suited to nourish infants and protect them from illness. Breast-fed infants have lower rates of hospital admissions, ear infections, diarrhea, rashes, allergies and other medical problems than bottle-fed babies." Breast is best is no longer a controversial issue, if indeed it ever was. All the experts today agree.
But the recent statistical history of breastfeeding in the United States is quite interesting. In 1958, just 20% of babies were breast-fed. In 1980, that number increased to 60%. Then, in 1990, an amazing 90% of babies were breast-fed! However, in 1993, that number dropped to only about 56%. That drop is of concern to some. And well it should be. The trend is now moving in the wrong direction.
The FDA, along with the American Academy of Pediatrics, is also tracking the length of time babies are breast-fed to determine immune function benefits. Ruth Lawrence, MD, Professor of Pediatrics
and Obstetrics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine in Rochester, NY, and a spokeswoman for the American Academy of Pediatrics, states that the Academy recommends babies be breast-fed for six to twelve months. But it would seem to make sense that the longer the child breast-feeds, the healthier that child will be. It also stands to reason that the child will grow into a healthier adult.
Breast milk is well-suited for human growth and development because it is uniquely designed by nature for this purpose. Humans also have more highly developed frontal lobes. Breast milk contains all the nutrition and glyconutrients necessary to encourage and support the rapid brain development and growth of newborns and infants. There has never been an exact, synthetic duplication of breast milk and one will probably never exist.
Lars Hanson showed in his longitudinal study on breast milk, how breast-fed babies benefit later in life with "the transfer of immunity between mother and baby. Thus, it seems that breast-feeding might limit the appearance of certain diseases, such as allergies, autoimmune diabetes and celiac disease."4 The point is simply that breast milk is the best food for babies. In fact, hypothetically, to consume breast milk as part of our diet each day of our lives would certainly benefit anyone, young or old.
Glyconutrients for Babies and Children
Here's an interesting practical application. In clinical practice over the last 21 years, we have seen many babies that, soon after birth, have contracted all kinds of eye irritations and infections. This is not uncommon as the baby's immune system is very premature. After birth, the baby is exposed to our environment which is filled with numerous infectious elements. Rather than recommend an antibiotic drop or ointment for the eye, we have often recommended breast milk. Yes, breast milk can find natural application for topical use. After all, breast milk contains all the nutrients needed to help the baby's new body fight infection. So, we have often had the mother squirt breast milk into her baby's eye and it is not unusual to find that, sometimes within a day, the baby's body is able to take care of that infection. That's just one example of the healing power of breast milk.
As mentioned earlier, breast milk is known to contain most of the eight critical glyconutrients that all of us
need in our diets for cellular communication and cellular function. Again, they provide the glyco - in glycoproteins. Is it not a wise strategy for disease-prevention to then continue supplementing these vital
elements found in breast milk, so that we can continue to get all the nutrients needed to sustain optimal health? It makes sense, especially since we know that they have no toxicity and the body recognizes them only as food. What could be better than breast milk? The answer? Nothing. However, a complex rich in the essential glyconutrients would be a close second.
Links and Resources
La Leche League
The La Leche League International mission is: To help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.
Breast Feeding Stimulates Infant Immune System 
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Birth Induced TMJ Dysfunction: The Most Common Cause of Breastfeeding Difficulties — Dynamic Chiropractic, 1993
ABSTRACT — In a clinical setting, 1,000 newborns were observed and treated (ages one hour to 21 days), for failure and/or difficulty with breast feedings. In 800 or 80%, birth induced Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction was found to be the cause. In all cases the babies were treated with chiropractic cranial and spinal adjustments, with excellent results in 99% of the cases. This paper discusses the basic clinical findings and related newborn discomforts and associated symptomatology involving other symptoms. (1993 Proceedings)