Breast Milk is Superior Infant Food
No one has ever proved otherwise. The highest praise a formula manufacturer can give his product is that it is "most like mother's milk" or "nearer to mother's milk" - there is nothing suprior.
Breast milk always has the right propotions of fat, carbohydrates and protein. Formula companies are constantly adjusting these proportions looking for the best composition.
The reality is that a mother's milk composition changes from feeding to feeding depending on the needs of her child.
Infant formula can never duplicate human milk, which contains at least 100 ingredients not found in formula. Among them are living cells, hormones, active enzymes, immunoglobulins and compounds with unique structures - all of which cannot be replicated in infant formula.
Breast milk is more digestible than formula
Babies can digest human milk more easily than the milk of other animals, probably because human milk contains an enzyme that aids in this process. Breast milk forms softer curds in the infant's stomach than cow's milk (the basis for most formula) and is more quickly assimilated into the body system.
While it contains less protein than does cow's milk, virtually all the protein in breast milk is available to the the baby. By contrast, about half the protein in cow's milk passes through the baby's body as a waste product. Similarly, iron and zinc are absorbed better by breastfed babies.
Perfect food for sick baby
When a formula-fed baby gets a gastrointestinal ailment they are usually put on an artificial electrolyte solution because formula is too hard for them to digest. Breast milk, however, is easily digested, and soothing to the intestines, so there is no need for artificial and expensive electrolyte solutions.
If a baby gets a respiratory illness, formula may cause even more mucus.In contrast, breast milk contains antibodies to these ailments, as well as being highly digestible and not contributing to excess mucus formation.
Breast milk contains no genetically engineered materials
Most consumers are completely unaware of how much genetically engineered food they are consuming because these foods are usually no labelled as such.
Genetic ID, a company in Fairfield, Iowa, tested 4 soy-based baby formulas for genetically engineered ingredients. All four, Carnation Alsoy, Similac Neocare, Isomil and Enfamil Prosobee, tested positive ("Biotechnology's Bounty", M.Burros, New York Times, 21.5.1997)
Contains no synthetic growth hormones
Since many cows in the US are now routinely ingesting synthetic growth hormones to artificially increase their milk production, it stands to reason that these hormones are also getting into the US formulas, some of which are exported here.
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