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Apparently it's worse to breastfeed your newborn baby than it is to vaccinate him/her with several doses of untested, unscientific nostrums cooked up by the medical industrial complex. It also helps the sale of pre-made formula, which by all measures, is a lot of things but "good for your baby" isn't one of them.
If that article doesn't convince you that we are on the verge of lunacy in medicine, I don't know what will.
Orwell isn't the only one spinning in his grave . . .
Here is the dictionary version of the meaning of the word "nostrum" in case you aren't familiar with it:
*** a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness *** To me, breastmilk is considered to be "medicine" because kids sure thrive on it. I've seen breastmilk perform miraculous things over my lifetime of watching babies, not to mention 3 of my own who were breastfed and are healthy as can be to this day, the oldest being 44 now and the youngest being 32.