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Show Breast Milk Still Best Baby Food A subcommittee of the Committee Com-mittee on Maternal and Child feeding, National Uesearch Council has concluded that; "As a food, human milk still remains the best type for young Infants, although it probably is not always a complete food" after af-ter the first few weeks. Bveas. milk has definite preventive and therapeutic value. It is r. onuniii .il, a ut' )i,i.il ioa I ! p;o- duied ami unit-savin1: in ine household. by and large, the country over, breast milk Is the salesl lood lor pi em., I u: e babies who an lu.ituie enough to suckle at the bn-.tst. The younger ones may need special nutritional and oilier lac, 1, ties. As a technic, bieast f ed.i.g probably IS the besi n ;!. oil ul providing gratification and a .1. v. ev.t.. ... ........ However, even w hen si; is using us-ing artitlcial (ceding, the lovuig mother can impart an adeipia-e amount of that seeuniy in h- r manner of handling the in i'iit. Bivast feeding is a maiuiuium point In the sequence 0.1 maternal mater-nal development, which is important im-portant physiologically and psychologically lo mothers. Concrete Con-crete proof ol the psychologic value of breast f.eding as a technic is badly needed. Contradictions include the pathologic conditions in the breast or nipple and some disease di-sease processes in the mother. An insufficient supply of breast milk requires complemental feeding if persistent efforts do not increase the supp'y. Minor object ions to breast feeding arising from faulty antepartum attitudes, mistaken ideas and failure to appreciate the emotional emo-tional value of nursing in child care can best be met in the prenatal pre-natal clinic. They cannot be handled as adequately after the baby is born. Journal American Ameri-can Medical Association. December Decem-ber G. lil-17 "The Advisability of Breast Feeding." |