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A very new study shows that fatty acid enriched formulas DO NOT make
brains develop the same way human milk does. See the new study below.
I've NOT read the entire thing yet, a friend is getting a copy for me, I
don't have access to this journal (Developmental Neuropsychology).
Dev Neuropsychol. 2007;31(3):337-47.
Breast-fed infants process speech differently from bottle-fed infants:
evidence from neuroelectrophysiology.
Ferguson M, Molfese PJ.
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of
Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA. [log in to unmask]
Numerous studies report positive effects of breast-feeding on infant
development. Such effects are apparent early in development as well as
in later years. Recently, elements in breast milk, polyunsaturatred
fatty acids (PUFAs), have been identified as having great potential for
increasing nutritional benefits. PUFAs are long-chain fatty acids
containing two or more double bonds. While some scientists are
enthusiastic about the long-term benefits of PUFAs on brain and
cognitive development, many of the positive pharmacological effects
attributed to PUFAs remain unsubstantiated. The present study
investigated the differential impact of breast-feeding vs. PUFA-enriched
formula in a small but well-matched population of 12 infants tested at 6
months of age. Event-related potential (ERP) and a range of behavior
measures were recorded. ERP waveforms identified marked differences
between the breast-fed and PUFA-fed infants by 6 months of age. When a
range of biological, perinatal, and cognitive factors were equated
between the two groups, only the ERPs recorded from breast-fed infants
changed throughout their recorded period (700 msec), differentiated
between all speech sounds, and generated differences in scalp recordings
across all regions recorded across both hemispheres. Such differences in
the range of their brain responses could signal an advantage for the
breast-fed infants for later linguistic and cognitive development.
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