:-)

Roosje van Gorp

LLL Leader
Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Marianne Vanderveen-Kolkena wrote:
> Euhm... I would like to make one remark, not specifically about the 
> topic, but about the wording.
> Human milk does NOT improve IQ; formula harms IQ.
> I have decided to make this my mission in the upcoming years.
> Breastfeeding does not have advantages, does not lower risks, does not 
> create babies with fewer diseases and is not the best feeding.
> Breastfeeding (not human milk feeding) is the normal feeding; all else 
> lacks certain aspects, one more than the other.
> If the normal feeding is not possible, we should try to help parents 
> choose the next best (human milk feeding from whatever source).
> Miriam Labbok has recalculated statistical data (see JHL for more 
> information) to explain the increased risks with formula instead of 
> decreased risks with breastfeeding.
> If breastfeeding halves a certain risk, we should say that formula 
> doubles the risks.
>
> I really want to make a warm plea for taking the right reference frame 
> in the way we speak: breastfeeding.
> Let's be the change we want to see! (Gandhi) :o))
>
> Bye,
>
> Marianne Vanderveen IBCLC, Netherlands
>
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>
>> The Sullivan study had many flaws - the most glaring of which was 
>> that ALL
>> the babies got mostly their own mother's milk (which is a GOOD thing 
>> - but
>> compromised the study).   I believe Lucas's study was the ONLY one  done
>> without fortification. Yes, human milk improved IQ -over regular 
>>  formula -
>> not over preterm formula. In most studies IQ is proportional to  growth,
>> especially early growth in the hospital.
>
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