Breast or Bottle: What You Might Not Know

Breast feeding baby dolls have become common and controversial, and it’s interesting that a natural method to provide optimal nutrition to our young is controversial, or that teaching our children about it is too.

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.

In addition to providing an optimal protein and nutrient balance, breast milk is one of the few sources in nature containing disease fighting medium-chain fatty acids. Medium-chain fatty acids are important substances known to kill viruses, fungus and even resistant bacteria. Nature put medium-chain fatty acids in breast milk to protect our young from many problem while their immune systems are still developing. Medium chain fatty acids are also found in coconut oil and can be supplemented, even in adults, by consuming consuming coconut oil regularly.

Breast milk also contains 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 any disease.

When you understand all of the important components of breast milk, it’s easy to see why it’s 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 vast 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.