Infant feeding 'may affect brain' 
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Nutrition in the first weeks of life could have a profound impact on the way the brain develops, research suggests.
London researchers found preterm babies fed enriched formula milk in their first weeks consistently outperformed other premature babies in IQ tests.
Their latest study, published in Pediatric Research, shows the benefits continue into the teenage years.
It also found a particular part of the brain is better developed in those given the enriched milk......................
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7253304.stm
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Re: Infant feeding 'may affect brain... Zoebess
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I would still advocate for breastfeeding
even if you had to pump your milk to be
used for bottle feeding a preemie too small
to latch on to your nipple.
blessings,
Zoe
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- Re: Infant feeding 'may affect brain... sandover
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This is a reply to # 1,115,587There are few women who, with an attitude of determination and a willingness to take action, truly cannot breastfeed. It's heartbreaking to me that formula companies market their substandard products on a platform of "convenience" -- how can buying, mixing, and cleaning up the bottles for formula be easier than lifting up one's shirt and nursing?
I have become pretty annoyed by women who don't want to nurse. I am as fundamentally lazy and selfish as they come, and given that admission, I think it was far easier and less taxing on me to nurse the my twins than to deal with buying and preparing formula! Babies must be fed one way or the other -- why not take a look at all the evidence that proves that BF provides the ideal physiological, mental, and emotional platform for early development and lifetime health, and DO IT? Having a baby in the NICU is all the more reason to commit to pumping and feeding, then eventual nursing. And evne the really tiny ones are surprisingly scrappy when it comes to nursing.- Re: Infant feeding 'may affect brain... chrisb1
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This is a reply to # 1,115,602Absolutely sandover,
but then I guess that the quality of breast milk can only be as nutritious as the Mothers diet, and I would agree that "breast-is-best" if that was to be the case.
The article though omits the beneficial effects of intensive nutrition on the rest of the body, and not just the brain.
I had a very poor start in life, with what was then called "consumption", resulting in poor appetite and an aversion to food, which still has profound and nutritionally- negative, physical & mental effects to this day.
Most people, I think, do not place enough importance on their nutritional status.
Regards
chrisb1.
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This is a reply to # 1,115,587Think I would look a bit silly in that T-Shirt Zoe !!!
Maybe it should read "I don't make milk, but the wife does" !!
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I imagine more your style...
I wish I had had one of those milk
shirts. I breastfed for a good length
of time. I do think it made a huge
difference and even after I weaned my
daughter, she wanted to come lay with
me and snuggle. Heck, she is grown up
and still does. I think that speaks to
a bond which can be formed breastfeeding.
Definitely, even if your milk is not
sufficient for your baby's needs, even
nursing what you can and supplementing
allows the mother to transfer immune
benefits and those I would consider as
nature's innoculation system, from Mother
to child.
You are also right about the quality of
the Mother's diet. I made many choices
based on my working to become pregnant
and then growing a baby. I cannot say it
was easy but I do not regret anything and
my daughter is amazingly healthy.
best wishes,
Zoe
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This is a reply to # 1,115,632Thank you Zoe.......I needed that belly-laugh !!!
What you say is just so absolutely true.
Mothers milk is best even if it isn't sometimes quite up to the quality that it could be.
I have always thought that Human milk is for humans, and Cows milk is for.........well.........cows..........speaking of which........I've come across a few in my time, I can tell you !!!!!
Chris
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- Re: Infant feeding 'may affect brain... DawnWine
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MoreThis is a reply to # 1,115,557AMAZING, how they don't compare the enriched human milk. Wonder why that is.
Human babies are meant to drink human milk. Mommy milk is exactly what a baby needs. It changes itself to suit the needs of the baby born and nursing.
If you put a baby on a mother's stomach and do NOTHING, that baby will squirm and squirm for hours until it gets to a breast. A preterm baby will still try to get to a breast. Climbing Mount Everest is NOTHING compared to the effort a preterm baby will put into squirming slowly to try and find one.
I had a preterm baby born without the suck reflex. Even then, she went from being 5# to being 20# by 3 months. Because of ecological breastfeeding. Nothing could have been better and more appropriate to help her overcome. - Re: Infant feeding 'may affect brain... Dquixote1217
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Good one, mate. Stealing my thunder, hey? LOL. Actually, I am working on an article tentatively titled "Food For Thought" which explains how the brain, just like any and all other organs needs proper nutrition from the mothers womb to the grave in order to develop properly in the first place and then continue to maintain optimum health and performance thereafter - and how that lack of proper nutrition is a major, major factor in the proliferation of childhood mental diagnoses, as well as adult malfunctions all the way through and including Alzheimer's and other mental decline.
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This is a reply to # 1,115,836Should prove to be VERY interesting reading from your hand DQ.
Nutrition is a subject I am passionate about. My wife would swear to it in a court of law, no less!!!
Think I must be becoming more witty as time goes by: which sort of flies in the face of the expected Alzheimers!!!
Seriously folks!!
Out of all of the Natural Laws I stick to (or more accurately.....try to), I think Nutrition has the edge over all the others, even though the elements of fresh air, sleep & rest, exercise etc, act synergistically: you are what you eat.
Proper Nutrition turned my life around, even after adhering to NH for years. Intensive and modern farming methods have a lot to answer for.
Chris
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This is a reply to # 1,115,557Amazing, isn't it, that they even have to 'announce' this.
Jeeze, my puppy got a quality food with extra DHA as soon as we picked HER up! :)
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This is a reply to # 1,116,448Absolutely BOB.
I mean.....isn't quality nutrition the way to go? and should have always been the case?
Do we breathe air?
Do we drink water?
Whatever next?
Startling "news" that we should be "living in accord with Nature and the Laws of our being" will have been "discovered" by medical science.
And we are supposed to be the "intelligent" species?
Personally I know of a couple of very clever Dolphins.!!
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This is a reply to # 1,116,636I'm going to step a bit off topic but when we got the puppy - I was amazed to see how much the dog food biz had changed since my last dog Lexy passed.
A trip to a grocery store shows just how bad most dog foods really are. Even the commercial ones that promote 'natural', etc. are absolute crap. But, I've also found that if you look in the right places you can find excellent dog foods. Wellness and Artemis are two. And you find them in odd places. Our friend owns an Ace Hardware Store in Plainsoboro NJ. He has a large selection of excellent chows that are fresh too. I use the Artemis, plus Udo's Choice for dogs and she gets a dropperful of Nordic Naturals Omega oil.
Yeah, she is strong, has tons of energy and is too smart for her own good :)- Re: Infant feeding 'may affect brain... chrisb1
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This is a reply to # 1,116,699Mans best friend.(especially if you are going thru a divorce).
I have two dogs...a Chia wa wa (spelling!!) and a cross between the same breed and a yorkshire terrier. We feed them only Veterinarian approved dog-food-pellets and organic chicken breasts on alternate meals.
Just to make sure the pellets ingredients were ok, I checked them out for myself. In fact they are so good, I am thinking of trying them myself!!! Better than all the crap you can buy down the Supermarket.
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