Why breast milk is good for your child

Through my reading, I found out that children who are breast fed are smarter when they get older.They say:

• Children who are breast fed have IQ scores about 7-10 points than those who are on formula based.Numbers are based on hundreds of children...so breast feed is the way to go to have smarter kids!
• Better school grades.Even after other school influences is taken into count.
• Intellectual advantage gains the longer the child is breast fed.

Nutrients in breastmilk:

Smarty fats-One key ingredient in breastmilk is a brain-boosting fat called DHA (docasahexaenoic acid), an omega-3 fatty acid. DHA is a vital nutrient for growth, development, and maintenance of brain tissue. Autopsy analysis of brain tissue from breastfed and formula-fed infants shows that the brains of breastfed babies have a higher concentration of DHA, and DHA levels are highest in babies who are breastfed the longest.

Nutritip - To ensure that babies have a healthy brain growth,breast feeding mommies must be on a good DHA diet.Rich sources are from salmon and tuna.

Cholesterol -provides basic component for babies brain growth. None in formula milk but there is in moms milk. Bad for adults but good for kids...DHA, cholesterol, and other breastmilk fats provide the right substances for manufacturing myelin, the fatty sheath that surrounds nerve fibers. Myelin acts as insulation, making it possible for nerves to carry information from one part of the brain or body to another. So important are these brain-building fats, that if mother's diet doesn't provide enough of them for her milk, the breasts can make them on the spot.

Smart sugars - Lactose is main sugar component in breast milk.The body breaks it down into two simpler sugars - glucose and galactose. Galactose is a valuable nutrient for brain tissue development. more intelligent species of mammals have greater amounts of lactose in their milk, and human milk contains one of the highest concentrations of lactose of any mammal milk. Cow milk and some cow milk formulas contain lactose, but not as much as human milk. Soy-based and other lactose-free formulas contain no lactose at all, only table sugar and corn syrup.

Smarter connection - During the 1st 2 years of the baby's life, their brain is grows rapidly. Every experience contributes to their brain growth.Because breastmilk is digested faster, breastfed babies feed more often and therefore probably interact with their caregivers more often. Breastfeeding itself, with its skin-to-skin contact, the variations in milk flow, and the closeness between mother and baby, is usually a more interesting, more interactive experience than bottle-feeding.