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Breastfeeding
- Risks of Artificial Feeding (Formula)
· Artificial feeding often leads to malnutrition diseases due to errors in preparation and storage, contamination of artificial nipples, and the use of unclean water in preparing feeding bottles, exposing the newborn to diseases or wrong habits and behaviors such as increasing the proportion of water, adding sugar or starch, or not adhering to the preparation instructions mentioned in terms of the number of scoops appropriate for the child's age, causing a greater probability that the newborn will not get enough milk, resulting in malnutrition diseases.
· Diarrheal diseases are more prevalent (14 to 25 times) among children fed on artificial milk, and 3 to 5 times among children receiving partial (mixed) feeding.
· The mortality rate resulting from diarrhea among children fed on artificial milk is 14 times higher than among naturally breastfed infants.
· Merely being exposed to artificial milks reduces the benefit from the many advantages of breastfeeding, as artificial milks lead to a change in the microbial climate (Lactobacillus bifidus) in the infant's intestines, which helps in absorbing the unique components in breast milk, especially immune substances and micronutrients, replacing it with an unsuitable microbial climate (E. coli), which leads to an increased feeling of colic and destroys the inner immune lining of the intestines under the influence of casein present in artificial milks.
· Respiratory diseases are more common among children fed on artificial milk, and the mortality rate increases 4 times among these children. Otitis media occurs 6 times more, leading to hearing loss and learning delays.
· Bacterial and viral infections spread significantly among artificially fed children, who are exposed to severe infections from bacteremia, hepatitis, and meningitis compared to breastfed children.
· Artificial feeding increases the incidence of urinary tract and skin infections.
· Artificially fed children are more susceptible to disturbances in body salt levels, especially when dehydration occurs. An increase in the blood sodium salt level (hypernatremia) may lead to brain hemorrhage and convulsions.
· Feeding on artificial or animal milk (partial or total) increases the risk of future incidence of diabetes, chronic bowel inflammation, leukemia, hypertension, atherosclerosis, angina, and obesity.
· Allergies and asthma resulting from the use of cow's milk (used in preparing artificial milks) are more widespread among children fed on artificial milk, unlike breastfeeding, which protects against digestive, respiratory, and skin allergies.
· Bottle feeding deprives the mother of the benefits of practicing breastfeeding, increasing the risk of breast and ovarian cancer, and deprives the mother and child of emotional bonding.
· Artificial feeding leads to a decrease in the child's prescribed intelligence according to their genetic specifications and hinders the emotional and psychological stability granted by exclusive breastfeeding to the child, which may range from 5 to 12 intelligence points depending on their fetal age in the womb, especially emotional and cognitive intelligence.
