Breast Feeding. Advantages For Mother Child

Breastfeeding Protects Babies
1. Early breast milk is liquid gold.
Known as liquid gold, colostrum (coh-LOSStrum) is the thick yellow first breast milk that  you make during pregnancy and just after birth.
This milk is very rich in nutrients and antibodies to protect your baby.

Although your baby only gets a small amount of colostrum at each feeding, it matches the amount his or her tiny stomach can hold.
2. Your breast milk changes as your baby grows. Colostrum changes into what is called mature milk.

By the third to fifth day after birth, this mature breast milk has just the right amount of fat, sugar, water, and protein to help your baby continue to grow.

It is a thinner type of milk than colostrum, but it provides all of the nutrients and antibodies your baby needs.
3. Breast milk is easier to digest.
For most babies – especially premature babies – breast milk is easier to digest than formula.
The proteins in formula are made from cow’s milk, and it takes time for babies’ stomachs to adjust to digesting them.
4. Breast milk fights disease.
The cells, hormones, and antibodies in breas milk protect babies from illness. This protection is unique; formula cannot match the

chemical makeup of human breast milk.

In fact, among formula-fed babies, ear infections and diarrhea are more common.

Formula-fed babies also have higher risks of:
• Necrotizing (nek-roh-TEYE-zing) enterocolitis (en-TUR-oh-coh-lyt-iss), a disease that affects the gastrointestinal tract in preterm infants.
• Lower respiratory infections
• Atopic dermatitis, a type of skin rash
• Asthma
• Obesity
• Type 1 and type 2 diabetes
• Childhood leukemia.
Breastfeeding has also been shown to lower the risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome).
Formula-feeding can raise health risks in babies, but there are rare cases in which formula may be a necessary alternative.

Very rarely, babies are born unable to tolerate milk of any kind.

These babies must have soy formula. Formula may also be needed if the mother has certain health conditions and she
does not have access to donor breast milk.

Mothers Benefit from Breastfeeding
1. Ways that breastfeeding can make your
life easier.
Breastfeeding may take a little more effort than formula feeding at first.

But it can make life easier once you and your baby settle into a good routine.

When you breastfeed, there are no bottles and nipples to sterilize.

You do not have to buy, measure, and mix formula.

And there are no bottles to warm in the middle of the night.
2. Breastfeeding can save money.
Formula and feeding supplies can cost well over $1,500 each year, depending on how much your baby eats.

Breastfed babies are also sick less often, which can lower health care costs.
3. Breastfeeding can feel great.
Physical contact is important to newborns.

It can help them feel more secure, warm, and comforted.

Mothers can benefit from this closeness, as well.

Breastfeeding requires a mother to take some quiet relaxed time t0 bond.

The skin-to-skin contact can boost the mother’s oxytocin (OKS-ee-TOH-suhn) levels.

Oxytocin is a hormone that helps milk flow and can calm the mother.
4. Breastfeeding can be good for the mother’s health, too.
Breastfeeding is linked to a lower risk of these health problems in women:
• Type 2 diabetes
• Breast cancer
• Ovarian cancer
• Postpartum depression
Experts are still looking at the effects of breastfeeding on osteoporosis and weight loss after birth.

Many studies have reported greater weight loss for breastfeeding mothers than for those who don’t.

But more research is needeto understand if a strong link exists.

http://womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/breastfeeding-guide/BreastfeedingGuide-General-English.pdf

http://promotions.usa.gov/breastfeeding.html

Human milk ice cream on sale.

Hope this does not /start spread a new disease.

A central London ice-cream parlour has started selling ice-cream made with human breast milk. The Icecreamists in Covent Garden, London, have named their unusual delicacy Baby Gaga.

The treat is made by mixing breast milk with Madagascan vanilla pods and lemon zest. The milk has been donated by women who were paid £15 for every 10 ounces of their bodily fluid.

The dessert is offered up in a martini glass to those daring enough to try it for £14. Liquid nitrogen is also poured into the glass using a syringe.

Despite its unusual ingredient, the company said the “organic, free-range and totally natural” product sold out when launched today.

“The response has been amazing. People at first say it’s disgusting because it’s a bodily fluid, but so is cow’s milk,” said owner Matt O’Connor. “People love it when they try it.”

The company paid women who donated their breast milk after health screening. The Food Standards Agency says there are no specific laws prohibiting businesses from selling human milk products, but they must comply with general food safety laws to ensure the product is safe for consumption.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/feb/25/human-milk-ice-cream-sale

Healthy snacks for Chidren.

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You can also prepare

Hand pounded rice Gruel(mix three measures of water for one measure of hand pounded rice ,steam it till it becomes  gravy, add salt )

Children are eating about 168 more calories every day as snacks than they did in 1977, according to a 2010 Health Affairs study.

“That’s enough calories to qualify for a fourth meal,” says Karen Ansel, MS, RD, an American Dietetic Association spokeswoman based in Long Island, N.Y.

Additional calories from any food, including snacks, add up to an unhealthy weight for kids if those extra calories aren’t burned off by physical activity.

To make matters worse, kids’ snacks often consist of sugary drinks and treats such as cookies, candy, and snack chips,  which nearly always lack the nutrients kids need — including calcium, vitamin D, potassium, and fiber — to learn, play, and grow.

Allowing kids to graze all day long may also hamper their hunger cues, causing them to overeat.

“Snacking is not so good when kids are allowed to snack at will in front of the TV or in the car,” says Maryann Jacobsen, MS, RD, creator of the web site Raise Healthy Eaters.

Why Children. Need Snacks

Despite the potential pitfalls, snacking is good for children — within limits.

“Kids, especially younger ones, have erratic eating habits, and healthy snacks can fill in nutrition gaps,” Jacobsen says.

Snacking can help kids keep their energy up, make up for skimpy or skipped breakfasts, and provide fuel before after-school sports or other activities.

What Makes a Good Snack

Think of snacks as mini meals, not meal wreckers.

That way, snacks serve as opportunities for good nutrition, and there’s no need for concern when your child isn’t as hungry for the next meal.

Most of the time, feed your child the same types of foods you would at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, including low-fat dairy and other lean protein sources, eggs, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.

Winning snacks provide carbohydrate, protein, fiber, and some healthy fat. Generally speaking, foods rich in protein or fiber help kids stay fuller for longer, and they’re packed with the nutrients kids need to thrive.

There’s no consensus about how many calories a child’s snack should provide, but it makes sense to aim for about 100 calories for smaller children to upwards of 300 calories for active teenagers. Let your child’s hunger rule what he eats.

 

19 Simple, Do-It-Yourself Snacks

Making your own snacks to have at home or take with you is usually far more nutritious — and economical — than relying on packaged foods.

Here are some snack suggestions:

1. Guacamole (look for the 100-calorie packs in the refrigerator section) or small can of bean dip and baked snack chips or toasted whole wheat pita bread, broken into chips
2. Low-fat microwave popcorn tossed with Parmesan cheese
3. Trail mix ingredients: 1/4 cup each: whole-grain cereal, raisins or dried cranberries, and 2 tablespoons each: sunflower seeds or chopped nuts
4. Low-fat ice cream topped with fresh fruit
5. Snack size (8 ounce) box of low-fat plain or chocolate milk and whole wheat pretzels
6. Whole-grain crackers, string cheese, and mango slices
7. Cooked or raw vegetables with low-fat ranch dressing, and a hard-boiled egg
8. Instant oatmeal made with milk in the microwave with 1 teaspoon cocoa powder stirred in and topped with sliced raspberries or strawberries
9. Whole-wheat pretzels with peanut butter, almond butter, or sunflower seed butter
10. Cherry chocolate smoothie: Combine 1 cup low-fat milk, 1/2 cup vanilla low-fat yogurt, 1/2 cup frozen or fresh pitted cherries, and 2 tablespoons dark chocolate chips in a blender or food processor and mix until smooth.
11. Bowl of whole-grain cereal and low-fat milk
12. Edamame
13. Small container of Greek yogurt
14. Mini bagel spread with low-fat cream cheese and strawberry jam, and low-fat milk
15. Hummus and whole wheat pita chips
16. Half a sandwich and glass of orange juice fortified with calcium and vitamin D
17. Slice of pizza
18. Hard-boiled egg and whole-grain roll
19. Pistachios in the shell and glass of chocolate milk

http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/healthy-snacks-for-kids?ecd=wnl_prg_020611

Breast Milk on sale! – On internet.

Be wary of all this.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning against the purchase of breast milk online. The FDA said that breast milk bought through the Internet is not preferable.

http://current.com/1hqst4c

Can psychology make them eat?

Bottom line is eat natural Food, avoid fast/junk food.

Food habits are to be regulated from childhood.This can be done by example by parents.

Children by nature do not develop likes and dislikes for food.it is a learned habit.It is determined by the parents,society and the culture in which they are placed.

Essential that parents do not show like or dislike for natural food while the child is observing.

Story:

Hide the chocolate milk behind the plain milk. Get those apples and oranges out of stainless steel bins and into pretty baskets. Cash only for desserts.

These subtle moves can entice kids to make healthier choices in school lunch lines, studies show. Food and restaurant marketers have long used similar tricks. Now the government wants in on the act.

The U.S. Department of Agricultureannounced what it called a major new initiative Tuesday, giving $2 million to food behavior scientists to find ways to use psychology to improve kids’ use of the federal school lunch program and fight childhood obesity.

http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/food/diet-nutrition/2010-10-12-school-lunches_N.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+usatoday-NewsTopStories+(News+-+Top+Stories)

Related:

PUEBLO, Colo. — At 8:28 a.m., the cafeteria ladies of Centennial High School take up positions in the second-floor hallway, just outside closed classroom doors. Each woman is pushing a cart loaded with milk, juice, whole-wheat doughnuts and individual packages of Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms cereal.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-09-14-1Aschoolbreakfast14_CV_N.htm