"The thinking behind
that proposal is that a breast-fed baby seems to get fast, dual protection
from intestinal disease by being rapidly colonized with bifidobacteria from
its mother, the growth of which is selectively favored by a bifidus factor
in her breast milk. Such babies seem to get a better head start in life:
There is evidence that their intestinal tracts are colonized faster than
those of Caesarian-born infants, and they have fewer gastrointestinal
infections than bottle-fed babies."

I'm not sure I understand this comparison - whose intestinal tracts are
colonized faster?  Are they comparing a breastfed baby to a cesarean born
baby making the assumption that the c-section baby was formula fed??

Jennifer B. Davis, ICCE-CD, CD(DONA)
Triangle Birth Network, Inc.
www.trianglebirthnetwork.org

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