Breastfeeding is the Biological "Gold Standard"

Formula, at best, is the 4th best choice, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO states the best choice for human infants is breastfeeding at the breast of his or her mother, followed by expressed milk from his or her mother, donated breast milk from another mother, and finally formula.

Typically, we hear about the “benefits” of breastfeeding—all the wonderful things that babies will experience if they breastfeed. However, these are not “benefits” at all. They are what nature intends and assumes for young humans. They are the starting point, not some unachievable, lofty goal that is good to “strive” for but really doesn’t matter if it isn’t met.

In this vein, then, it is more appropriate to talk about the risks of formula-feeding—the risks of deviating from the gold standard. We don’t talk about the “benefits” of using an infant car seat or the “benefits” of not smoking; we talk about the risks of not using the car seat or the risks of smoking.


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Scardanelli's picture

We know how dangerous it is to fail to use a car seat or to smoke cigarettes. There is solid research on those topics. But there is only accumulated folk wisdom about formula feeding. Mothers should be able to make decisions about their child-raising with reliable expertise and good judgment; instead we give them moralizing and scare tactics.

Beanie's picture

With average life expectancy of 70ish and about 85% of the population on over the counter and prescription drugs it's suffice to say we should start looking at that evidence and making some changes.
The foods we consume have impact on our bodies ,plain and simple, if they didn't we wouldn't need to eat, think about that.
The foods we consume are chock full of toxic chemicals , plain and simple.
We need to do what is right.

Linda Wieser's picture

I think this is really a very good analogy. There is an abundance of evidence that shows that not breastfeeding a baby has risks, just as not using a car seat or smoking has risks. Why are we afraid to talk about the risks of not breastfeeding? This is a major public health issue that is as important as car seat use, smoking, eating low fat diets.
As women each of us has to decide how we will feed our baby. To make this decision we need to know the facts and not ignore the research that tells us that there are indeed risks to using formula.

WIC Nutritionist's picture

You hit it on the head! This is a great analogy. I was just telling someone else that just flippantly saying formula is okay is risky, and dangerous. Its downright irresponsible to say that its absolutely carries no risk. We absolutely cannot ignore the research. Sure some people will argue that its a weak correlation, but thousands of papers are still saying the same thing.

Iknowbetter's picture

It actually is equivalent. There is plenty of research out there that shows this. Formula feeding is very inferior when compared to breast milk. There are living properties in human milk that protect babies and cannot be duplicated in formula. Why anyone would choose less than the best for their child is beyond me.

Beanie's picture

For what it's worth formula is fourth on the list of infant feeding from the WHO.

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