Here are some of the many benefits of breastfeeding:
1.Human milk has over 300 ingredients, including interferon, whiteblood cells, antibacterial and antiviral agents, while formula has only 40ingredients.
2.Human milk has been shown to kill cancer cells in a laboratory dishand has been used in oncology.
3. The human breast "custom-makes" antibodies to fight whatever pathogen the infant is exposed to in the environment.
4. Breast milk has been used to treat eye infections, ear infections,pimples, cold sores, and nail fungus and prevent infection inscrapes and scratches.
5. In some parts of the world, donated organs are bathed in breast milkfor the protective factors.
6. There were 22 "significant" recalls of formula for potentiallylife-threatening situations.
7. Human milk lactoferrin is patented for use in killing E. Coli in themeat packing industry.
8. Donor milk is being used to treat malabsorption and short-gutsyndromes, renal failure, inborn errors of metabolism, ulcerative colitis,irritable bowel syndrome, immunodeficiency diseases, burn cases, cardiacproblems, and infectious diseases such as intractable diarrhea,gastroenteritis, infantile botulism, sepsis, pneumonia, and hemorrhagicconjuctivitis in both children and adults.
9. Adoptive moms, grandmothers, and yes, even men(!) have been able tolactate for an infant.
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