Formula Milk = Dumb Babbies

Very interesting article on the effects formula milk has on babies over at youngerthanyourage.com

Newly born mammals are relatively helpless. To ensure optimum development of the baby, mother's milk contains different substances enhancing growth and development of organs. Mother's milk contents differ very much from cow's milk contents (and soy milk contents of course). Logically, the less human infants have been breast-fed, they generally become dumber (1):

• "breastfeeding associated with significantly higher scores for cognitive development than formula feeding"
• "duration of breastfeeding significant predictor of later cognitive or educational outcomes"
• "the longer the child has been breastfed, the more pronounced the effect"
• "prolonged breastfeeding significantly related to scores reflecting general cognitive capacity"
• "the exclusively breastfed group showed more advanced"
• "beneficial effect of breastfeeding on postnatal neurological development"
• "breastfeeding associated with higher mean in children's intelligence"
• "more infants fed term formula had low verbal IQ"
• "significant association between duration of breast milk feeding and verbal IQ"
•  "strong positive relationship between breastfeeding and PPVT-R scores" 

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