Breastfeeding

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Breast milk, long believed the ideal form through which children could require their sustenance, is now questioned by some as being less nutritious than the modern manufactured alternatives. Those who argue in favor of breast milk maintain that there is no better substitute for this natural food source, and that seeking alternatives has the potential to harm the infant's earliest developmental processes. This paper briefly looks at the positive and the negative impacts of breastfeeding in order to clarify the pros and cons of the use of breast milk.

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"However, there is evidence which suggests that not all cases of nursing infants are best nourished through breast milk. There are conditions through which a nursing infant has the ability to put either the mother at risk (e.g.: when the mother suffers from diabetes) or that the illness or the lifestyle of the mother has the ability to put the infant's life, health, and overall well-being at risk. The latter scenario is far too common, where a mother who chooses a harmful lifestyle or who is on medication has the ability to pass trace substances to her developing child. Many manufactures of drugs or supplements run auxiliary tests to determine the potential to transmit these substances from mother to child through breast feeding, and will often caution physicians if there is a possibility of risk. "

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