Five breastfeeding facts.1. Human milk has over 300 ingredients, including interferon, white blood cells White blood cells A group of several cell types that occur in the bloodstream and are essential for a properly functioning immune system. Mentioned in: Abscess Incision & Drainage, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Complement Deficiencies , antibacterial antibacterial /an·ti·bac·te·ri·al/ (-bak-ter´e-al) destroying or suppressing growth or reproduction of bacteria; also, an agent that does this. an·ti·bac·te·ri·al adj. and antiviral agents, while formula has only forty ingredients. 2. Human milk has been shown to kill cancer cells cells once believed to be peculiar to cancers, but now know to be epithelial cells differing in no respect from those found elsewhere in the body, and distinguished only by peculiarity of location and grouping. See also: Cancer in a laboratory dish and has been used in oncology. 3. The human breast custom makes antibodies to fight whatever pathogen Pathogen Any agent capable of causing disease. The term pathogen is usually restricted to living agents, which include viruses, rickettsia, bacteria, fungi, yeasts, protozoa, helminths, and certain insect larval stages. the infant is exposed to in the environment. 4. Breastmilk has been used to treat eye infections, ear infections, pimples, cold sores, and nail fungus and to prevent infection in scrapes and scratches. 5. In some parts of the world, donated organs are bathed in breastmilk for the protective factors. --Pumpmate Newsletter, June, 2003 |
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