Originally Posted by
GeorgeBMac
Human milk is preferred for babies -- not cows milk...
... Cows milk is best for cows, human milk is best for humans...
Along with a host of benefits from human milk, cows milk has been implicated as a trigger for Type 1 diabetes in children.
From the American Academy of pediatrics:
"Human milk is species-specific, and all substitute feeding preparations differ markedly from it, making human milk uniquely superior for infant feeding"
If you want the specifics:
http://pediatrics.aappublications.or...115/2/496.full
Now, the "New" science might say that human milk is only good for the baby if it comes from a grass fed mom -- but it might be hard to find one of those... (please forgive my cynicsm of the "New" science...)
I gave up breast milk long ago.
The study to which you are linking references babies who went off breast milk and onto cow's milk at less than 4 months. I definitely agree that breast milk is best for infants. Next project for you: find a study that shows the superiority of breast milk for adults, or even children over the age of 12 months. Yeah, that's just what we want: moms afraid to give milk to their children when their own dries up.