Breastmilk Comparision

Breastmilk is the ideal food for infants. Human milk contains all the right ingredients - protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water - in just the right balance. No formula can make that claim. Infant formula manufacturers attempt to artificially duplicate human milk. Formula feeding is a practice that is relatively recent - about 60 years - compared to the beginning of humankind (not to mention all other mammals) relying on breast milk.

Formula does not contain the disease-fighting factors or the digestive enzymes that breast milk has. The nutrients in formula are more difficult for a baby to digest and absorb than the nutrients in human milk, requiring the baby to handle excess waste. Some formulas may have a less than optimal composition by containing too much salt and/or not enough cholesterol, fats, lactose, zinc, and iron, among other nutrients. Did you know…

Formula-fed babies have a greater risk of:

Ear Infections

Diarrhoea/constipation

Pheumonia

SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)

Children who were formula-fed have a greater risk of

Obesity

Diabetes

Astma and allergies

Cancer

Increasing awareness that feeding baby's breast milk is beneficial and is an important promotion goal