[witch_power]

Comment found:

[It is a lie] that all breast milk is equally nutritious, no matter what the mom's diet is. Studies compared breast milk from different regions of mothers starving in poverty and those with nutritious diets. The nutrients varied greatly. The basic composition was the same as in protein/fat ratio but the vitamins were sometimes up to 8 times less in nutritionally starved mothers, than those with a good diet.

Most American women I'd say are starved nutritionally. We don't know how to eat healthy and, [tend to] live on fast food and TV dinners. Is it fair to tell them "Oh, keep eating that Big Mac, your breastfeeding child will get the same nutrients, it doesn't matter"? Of course not.

[The mother's] health will actually suffer the worst because the body will pull all the nutrients [the baby] needs and put it to the breast milk. But if there's nothing left to pull from her body, what does the child get? They end up without proper nutrition either. If you eat junk food, your breast milk will be junk food.

[witch_power]

Comment found:

[It is a lie] that all breast milk is equally nutritious, no matter what the mom's diet is. Studies compared breast milk from different regions of mothers starving in poverty and those with nutritious diets. The nutrients varied greatly. The basic composition was the same as in protein/fat ratio but the vitamins were sometimes up to 8 times less in nutritionally starved mothers, than those with a good diet.

Most American women I'd say are starved nutritionally. We don't know how to eat healthy and, [tend to] live on fast food and TV dinners. Is it fair to tell them "Oh, keep eating that Big Mac, your breastfeeding child will get the same nutrients, it doesn't matter"? Of course not.

[The mother's] health will actually suffer the worst because the body will pull all the nutrients [the baby] needs and put it to the breast milk. But if there's nothing left to pull from her body, what does the child get? They end up without proper nutrition either. If you eat junk food, your breast milk will be junk food.

[witch_power]

Another comment along a similar topic:

My children get 100% organic and vegan breast milk. I consume no animal by-products, I only eat organic and as GMO-free as possible, I only put pure, organic, and chemical-free things on my skin. This is very important to us.

A milk bank is NOT acceptable to me. I would honestly rather feed my baby organic grass-fed bovine formula, than breast milk from a mama who consumed flesh. Not to mention chemicals in her milk via make-up, hair dye, lotion, chlorinated water, etc. There is also the smoking issue, eating too much sugar, etc, etc.

So breastmilk at any cost via a milk bank. Um... no.

[gespenst]

Where did these comments come from? Love to see references on them.

[witch_power]

They are just comments on the "Breastfeeding at Any Cost" post on Mothering that I linked to in another post. I am still reading thru - only on page 17 out of 24 now.

No references, just a person's opinions.

http://www.mothering.com/community/t/487795/breastfeeding-at-any-cost/320

However, I have posted articles in the past about this. Would you like me to look them up when I have time?

[teresagem]

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witch_power wrote:

Another comment along a similar topic:

My children get 100% organic and vegan breast milk. I consume no animal by-products, I only eat organic and as GMO-free as possible, I only put pure, organic, and chemical-free things on my skin. This is very important to us.

A milk bank is NOT acceptable to me. I would honestly rather feed my baby organic grass-fed bovine formula, than breast milk from a mama who consumed flesh. Not to mention chemicals in her milk via make-up, hair dye, lotion, chlorinated water, etc. There is also the smoking issue, eating too much sugar, etc, etc.

So breastmilk at any cost via a milk bank. Um... no.

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I can totally understand people who would not want to use another mother's breastmilk - even though it would be healthier than formula. It is a big issue to think about, and many would just prefer formula, even if they understand the health issue.

But this poster seems to have thought about the issue from a 'health' point of view, and come up with a formula made from organic grass-fed cattle as being healthier because the breastmilk from another woman would not be as healthy. I wonder if she has considered that between her organic grass-fed cow being milk, and the purchase of the tin of formula, there is a whole lot of processing going on, that substantially changes the original milk. 

This is a person who obviously cares a lot about what goes into her own mouth, and would probably be horrified at the thought of eating such a highly processed product herself, but would prefer that for her baby that milk made by a mother who is not vegetarian etc.

I wonder if she has considered how much the originally organic product has been changed and modified by the processing into formula.

Teresa