Browsing Category : Breastfeeding

Insufficient Milk Syndrome: A Fallacy Becomes a Reality


by Dr. Linda Folden Palmer There is a very tiny percentage of unaltered women who truly, physiologically, will not be able to create breastmilk. There are far more mothers whose ability to breastfeed becomes jeopardized by interruptions in the natural processes, by stress, and by bad advice. If you listen to the complaints to and advice from pediatricians, you would believe…

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La influencia mortal de la fórmula en América


Por Linda Folden Palmer, DC el autor de “Cuestiones de Bebé:  Lo que tu doctor puede no decirte acerca del cuidado de tu bebé”  The BABY BOND Traducido por Ana Charfen In English   Nota del Editor: Este análisis parte aguas de una notable autora, educadora y defensora de salud, la Dra. Linda Folden Palmer, es la primera vez que una experta…

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Formula Feeding Doubles Infant Deaths in America


By Linda Folden Palmer, DC Author of The BABY BOND                    (In Spanish–Click Here) A recent study published in the journal Pediatrics, (May 2004), titled “Breastfeeding and the Risk of Postneonatal Death in the United States,” reports a 21% reduction in infant death for having EVER breastfed, meaning 27% more infant deaths occur when no breastmilk…

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Iron Supplements for Breastfed Baby?


Linda F. Palmer, DC Author Baby Matters Many mothers are told to provide iron supplements to their exclusively breastfed infants beginning at 3 or 4 months of age – without any signs of anemia – yet the research does not support this advice. A recent study has shown that iron supplementation of non-anemic breastfed babies can cause stunted growth, decreased head…

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Coming of Age in America (Much Too Soon)


by Linda Folden Palmer, DC Author Baby Matters Reprinted from Dynamic Chiropractic Girls in the U.S. and other industrialized nations are now reaching puberty at drastically earlier ages.1 However, Hispanic-American girls don’t experience this early puberty to the extent that many other Americans do, reported Mary Wolf,MD, at the American Association for Cancer Research’s annual meeting in April, 1999 in Philadelphia.2

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