We’ll be demonstrating this evening in Burnaby, B.C. (Canada)

To let Nestle Corp. know that we don’t want their sneaky advertising in our province.  I thought I would post this snippet of an editorial by the

Late Catherine Young, editor of Compleat Mother Magazine as a reminder of what Nestle, Carnation and other ‘crap in a can’ manufacturers have cost us.

Gloria Lemay, Vancouver BC

 

By Catherine Young:

 

“While I had radiation therapy, I stayed at a lodge for

cancer patients. At supper one night there were six of us 

with breast cancer, mulling over what we had in common.

There was a hairdresser, a teacher, a nurse, a saleslady,

a dairy farmer and this shepherd. All but one of us

breastfed our children. All of us had been fed Carnation Milk

and corn syrup as infants.

 

I believe I have Nestle Carnation Milk Cancer, and I have

a strong hunch the horrors of bottle feeding won't quit

until we are in our graves. Obesity, poor eyesight, 

thumbsucking and oral craving, osteoporosis, heart disease,

neurosis and cancer are all part of the package deal when

a babe is denied that perfect food, mother's milk, and given

Nestle's expensive concoction instead.

While I recovered, a team of women took care of me.

An acupuncturist, breastfeeding her two-year-old,

still comes twice a week to loosen my spastic upper

trapezius neck muscles, which still prevent me from

spending any serious amount of time on my computer.

And a social worker applied for, and was successful in 

getting me a monthly disability pension.

 

Imagine how much anti-formula publishing will be

possible when I don't have sheep and do have a generous

income.

 

I can hardly wait.

 

~ Your Catherine

http://www.compleatmother.com”

 

Catherine Young was the founder of Compleat Mother Magazine.  She died of cancer on Sept 11, 2001.

  

Catherine Young
21 July 1952 - 11 September 2001

 

    Catherine Young was a writer and passionate breastfeeding advocate who founded her own magazine, The Compleat Mother, in January of 1985. This little magazine, produced on the kitchen table of her farmhouse in southern Ontario, now has a worldwide circulation of 15,000 and its own website. Not long afterwards, Catherine created The Friends of Breastfeeding Society to produce and give away breastfeeding posters. The Society’s Board members included Dr. Jack Newman, Dr. William Sears and Michel Odent.

Catherine was the mother of three breastfed children, Rebecca, Mandy and Zachary, and was a single mother most of the time she was producing her magazine. She took pride in presenting the most recent , up-to-date research on pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding in every issue, as well as personal stories from her readers. The Compleat Mother is a magazine for mothers in Canada that adheres to the WHO International Code.

As well as the magazine, Catherine wrote a novel in 1991 called Stretch Marks, Three Kids, Thirty-Six and Single. She compiled two books of previously published articles, Mother’s Favourites and Mother’s Secrets and created some special issues of the magazine focusing on specific topics. She also raised sheep on her farm and commented that even the least of her lambs got what too many human babies were denied � their mothers’ milk.

In September of 1999, Catherine was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a mastectomy in December of that year but in January 2000 it was determined that the cancer had spread to her spine. INFACT supported Catherine through her difficult treatments and helped arrange for her to receive an expensive but essential supplement at low cost from the manufacturer. Despite her illness, Catherine continued to be a breastfeeding activist and she took on Sears (asking them to remove gift baskets containing formula), Dr. William Sears (asking him to remove formula ads from his website) and Ontario Works (protesting their requirement that new mothers wean their babies to attend training and look for work). 

Catherine firmly believed that she developed cancer as the result of being fed Nestlé Carnation milk as an infant. Hundreds of people attended her funeral services, and Catherine’s last request was that, instead of sending flowers, people boycott Nestlé. The Compleat Mother magazine is continuing to be produced both in Canada and the U.S.

 


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