Breastfeeding Your Baby: Why It’s Important
Breast feeding baby dolls have become common and controversial, and it’s interesting that the natural method to provide optimal nutrition to our babies is controversial, or that teaching our children about it is too.
In fact, it’s rather odd that it’s much less controversial to regularly see breasts prominently highlighted on magazine covers and billboards as sexual symbols, but that their primary purpose, which is to feed our young, has become regarded as obscene.
Breast milk is a powerful substance with many benefits, and store bought formula just can’t compete. Actually, without these key nutrients, our young are much more likely to develop health problems.
In fact, the World Health Organization recently stated that millions of young lives could be saved each year if the infants were breast instead of bottle feed. It’s a powerful statement that speaks to the power and importance of breastfeeding.
Aside from having an optimal protein and nutrient balance for young developing bodies, breast milk contains disease fighting medium-chain fatty acids that are natural antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal substances. These medium chain fatty acids are also found in coconut oil, and can destroy many pathogens before they become problems.
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 cannot gain a foothold in our bodies. And if those germs and bacteria can’t gain a foothold inside of us, they won’t be the cause of any disease.
When you understand this, you understand that breast milk is really the perfect food for infants, because in addition to providing nutrition, breast milk actually protects our young from many disease.
Nature, in its infinite wisdom, provided this substance for human babies and for some reason our culture has determined it to be perverse. However, it’s more likely that this cultural mindset speaks to the nature of our society, as opposed to the nature of breastfeeding.
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