Saturday, September 23, 2006

Food for Thought: Babies Motor Better with Breast Milk (Science News Online)

Physicians have been advocating for years that breast milk is the best food for infants. Not only does it have the nutrition that babies need, but it also provides some antibodies and growth factors that speed maturation of the infant gut, thereby fending off disease. Now, a team of scientists in Britain offers strong evidence of another benefit. Mother's milk boosts early neurological development.



click to read more...

No comments: