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It was designed by evolution to give babies the best nutrition. From Wiki: These benefits include; lowered risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), increas
by TheSOB88 16y ago
It was designed by evolution to give babies the best nutrition.
From Wiki: These benefits include; lowered risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), increased intelligence, decreased likelihood of contracting middle ear infections, cold, and flu bugs, decreased risk of some cancers such as childhood leukemia, lower risk of childhood onset diabetes, decreased risk of asthma and eczema, decreased dental problems, decreased risk of obesity later in life, and decreased risk of developing psychological disorders.
For me, the fact that it's natural gives it a lot of appeal. I'm sure there are psychological benefits too - being breastfed is something babies instinctively want, so I'd bet it'd result in a calmer baby.
And all other substitutes are just that - substitutes. Baby formula was designed to emulate breastmilk; why not choose the original?
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- tokenadult 16y agodesigned by evolution I think the credited view of evolution is that there was no design involved. It may indeed be true that the haphazard adaptations of breast milk to infant needs (and maternal limitations of resources) under selection pressure makes breast milk better food for babies than any human-designed infant formula, but that's an empirical question. It is possible in principle, at least, that human design could eventually make better (by whatever criterion you use to define "better") for human infants than breast milk.