August 2011 Archives
Breastfeeding Week August 1-7
Sometimes there is no need to reinvent the wheel! I have to admit Dr Darcia Narvaez does an excellent job in demonstrating the so much greater value of breastfeeding compare to formula feeding. She published with two of her students a series of 9 blogs (see below) full of scientific references in an attempt to awake a vastly uninformed or misinformed population!
Because of her strong “tone” in post # 8 (you know, the tone we use after logic, science and sweet talk have failed), she got a lot of “heat” from… Women!
Really?
No one wants to take away your right to raise your child as you please, it is just a matter of making sure you have ALL the RIGHT information… Not reduced to the biased info fed back to you by the media and the medical community influenced by pharmaceutical and food companies only interested in making more money! It is your child health (maybe even your child’s life) at stake after all! So wouldn’t you be grateful that someone as qualified as Dr Narvaez steps up on a soap box once in a while and ruffles some of your comfortable beliefs?
If you are ready to learn more go read Dr D. Narvaez’ breastfeeding series.
If you are not a “reading” kind of person, here is a video her students made just for you!
Infant Nutrition: Breastfeeding vs. Formula, Darcia Narvaez
Here is where Dr Narvaez sets the record straight Breastmilk Wipes Out Formula: Responses to Critical Comments, and I particularly like the very last paragraph where she gives a few ideas on what YOU (anyone) can do to help change the general population awareness!!!
BREASTFEEDING is EVERYONE’S BUSINESS!
If you have stories or comments that enlighten how much we need to change as a society in regards to breastfeeding, please share with us!
