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A new study conducted by French researchers finds babies who were breast-fed for their first four months of life had different growth and metabolic rates than babies fed formula, the Los Angeles Times reports.
According to the newspaper, researchers looked at three years worth of data that followed the feeding patterns of 234 kids. During the first four months of life, one group, the Times says, was strictly breast-fed, while two other groups were fed either a low- or high-protein formula.
At just 15 days of life, the Times reports, the babies who were only breast-fed showed lower blood insulin levels than the formula-fed newborns, and, by age 3, the high-protein formula-fed babies had higher blood pressure readings than the breast-fed babies, although the readings were still considered normal.
The study, presented this week at the annual Pediatric Academic Societies meeting in Denver, "suggests that if breast-feeding is not possible, infants should be fed formula that has a metabolic profile as close to human breast milk as possible," the Times reports.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
5-03-2011 @ 7:09PM
Lori said...While i do think breast feeding is best I don't by all these sudies. I have 3 kids. I breast fed one. Ironically the one I breast fed is the one with alergies, asthma, and has had thyroid cancer. She was aso my most sickly as a child. So I don't believe most of thse studies.
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5-04-2011 @ 1:26AM
Lauren said...it's not a definite study, these are merely statistical findings. Just because breast feeding may indicate a better overall health status doesn't mean that will be the result. however, just because you popped one out, breastfed it and it has allergies doesn't disprove your unscientific thesis.
5-04-2011 @ 1:27AM
Lauren said...prove*
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5-04-2011 @ 10:27AM
mummydothat said...Should it not read that formula feeding negatively impacts on metabolism, rather than breastfeeding has a positive impact, because breastfeeding is the normal way to feed a baby? Or are the media scared to suggest that formula feeding has a negative health impact? Just wondering
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