Breast Benefits

By Natural Family Online

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, American women are not breastfeeding their babies long enough and are supplementing with unnecessary liquids. The AAP recommends breastfeeding your baby for no less than six months, and abstaining from supplements for the same amount of time. (more…)

By PT Staff

Everyone agrees that breast is best when it comes to feeding babies. But what does it take for a woman to decide to breast-feed her baby?

The biggest influence is her husband or boyfriend. (more…)

By Alicia Waltman

Want to boost your baby’s IQ? It may be as easy as choosing breast milk over store-bought formula.

The difference seems to derive from two fatty acids in natural breast milk. In a 17-week-long study, researchers at the Retina Foundation of the Southwest in Dallas, Texas, fed a group of newborns a formula containing docesahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (AA)–breast milk ingredients that aid in neural development–to test their effect on mental development. (more…)

Reports on evolutionists’ theory on the role of an unnamed substance in breast milk which is similar to the sedative drugs, benzodiazepines, in countering infants’ crying spells and helping mothers cope with the demands of motherhood.
By: F. Bryant Furlow, Peter Doskoch

We all know breast-feeding builds up babies’ immune systems. But this naturalform of nourishment may benefit moms as well. It seems mother’s milk contains a substance similar to the one found in the class of antianxiety drugs known as benzodiazepines. (more…)

By Lisa Poisso

Breastfeeding mothers show a heightened sensitivity to their babies’ needs during early infancy, which may lead to more secure attachment, according to a new study from the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. (more…)

By Dr. Linda Folden Palmer

Does breastfeeding protect IQ levels? A recent study led to big media announcements that breastfeeding does not improve intelligence, as previously believed.

However, the study published in the British Medical Journal had two major flaws. (more…)

By Lisa Poisso

For the tiniest, sickest babies, the choice between infant formula and breast milk can be much more than a matter of “breast is best” — it can be a matter of life or death. Just ask Julie Brammer of Fort Worth, Texas, who gave birth just 29 weeks into her pregnancy after being hospitalized with toxemia-induced seizures. (more…)