Essay on Importance of Breastfeeding

Fortification is one way in which food processing can alter the bioactive profile of a food. Significant health crises have been resolved via the implementation in 1924 of the addition of iodine to salt to prevent goiter and the 1940s implementation of the additions of vitamin D to milk to prevent rickets and niacin to flour to prevent pellagra. A more recent example is the establishment of the addition of folate to bread and breakfast cereals to prevent neural tube defects in the offspring of…

PERVASIVENESS OF FOOD TABOOS AMONG INDIAN MOTHERS DURING REPRODUCTIVE PERIOD V. Punithavathi, M.Sc.,M.Phil. Project Associate, Department and Centre for Women’s Studies, Mother Teresa Women’s University. ABSTRACT All society has its own traditional beliefs and practices related to health care in general and regarding harmful as well as beneficial effects of foods for women during pregnancy. A cross - sectional study conducted on rural Indian mothers of Madurai District Tamil Nadu. Purpose of…

Case Law regarding Childcare Discrimination Breastfeeding is an important practice for a mother and her baby psychologically, economically, and in terms of health. Thus, the practice needs to be done exclusively within the first six months of a child’s life and slightly extended to the time the child begins to take supplementary foods. When mothers are able to adequately breastfeed, the rate at which children contract infectious disease, develop obesity, and other forms of health disorders,…

3 Oils and Their Beauty and Health Benefits There is nothing better than turning to natural ingredients for all your beauty and health needs. Since time immemorial women have resorted to natural ingredients to get glowing skin and healthy, lustrous hair. Our grandmothers have long advised us to use natural products and it’s time we started taking them seriously. The reason is simple – natural ingredients are free of chemicals, contain no preservatives, are cost-effective, easily available and…

Factors Affecting the Composition of the Gut Microbiota To fully understand the composition of something as complex and diverse as the gut microbiota will require the use of an analogy. Suppose that the microbiota is a taco comprised of many elements that can be thought of as toppings and the condiments used can vary depending on what spices or resources are available at home. Your neighbour’s taco may indeed be a taco but it won’t be the exact replica of your taco in regards to the composition…

feeding preference label them as a good or bad parent? In a recent New York Times editorial entitled, “Overselling Breastfeeding” (October 18, 2015), author Courtney Jung offers her opinion on how advocacy campaigns for breastfeeding have become more pressurized than supportive. She provides anecdotes of overbearing…

Babies Observations: Births In the movie Babies there were vast differences when it came to the birthing process. Namibia babies were born in a dirt floored hut, and were put to the breast right away, but there was no swaddling nor medical intervention. The Mongolian baby was born in a hospital and after birth was swaddled rather tightly and put in its own incubator as mom looked on, and going home for this baby was on the back of a motorcycle, swaddled tightly, while being held in mother’s…

The pilot study aimed at determining whether kangaroo mother care decreases heart and respiration rates in preterm newborns, affects saturation of peripheral oxygen and length of newborns' hospital stay at a neonatal intensive care unit, and influences mother-child interaction. Methods: The method of study was an experiment. To assess the effect of kangaroo mother care, physiological functions were measured. Mother-child interaction was assessed using the Maternal Postnatal Attachment Scale…

your baby will only suckle a very small amout of milk from you. Your premature baby will take some time before he gets the hang of breastfeeding. What are the supplements and alternatives of breastmilk for premature babies? There are times that your breastmilk doesn’t provide all the nutrients that your premature baby needs. Your breastmilk needs extra protein, phosphurus, calories, or…

Controversies: Co-Sleeping with Your Baby Parenting has never been an easy task. The fear of SIDS, the stigma wrought on those who breastfeed in public, or those who decide to bottle-feed, and the question of whether to co-sleep, also called bed-sharing, or not, are just a few of the things parents in this day and age worry about constantly. Some parents believe that it is in the family bed where attachment begins and thus the necessary strengthening of bonds that will take a child through…