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Breastfeeding, The Original “Environmentally Safe” Resource

July 2, 2008 by Karen Gromada | No questions or comments

What could be “greener” than mother’s own milk flowing directly into baby from the product distribution centers, usually referred to as breasts? The entire process is self-contained in each mother—factory, packaging, warehouse, transportation, and delivery system. Only 500 kcal per day are needed to ... (read more)

Study Gives Clues for Preventing Early NEC

June 3, 2008 by Heidi Green | No questions or comments

Although necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common gastrointestinal medical emergency occurring in premature babies, forty years of research has failed to decipher its origin or decrease its rates. Now, a new study by a Utah-based research team may shed some light on ... (read more)

The Story of Stuff

May 13, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

What country has 5 percent of the world's population, but consumes 30 percent of the world's resources, and produces 30 percent of the world's waste? If you guessed the United States, you're right. The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard ... (read more)

Formula Standards Overturned

March 17, 2008 by Heidi Green | No questions or comments

It is with a sad heart that I update this earlier story about the United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) new set of standards. You may recall that, with these standards, the FSA aims to “mak[e] sure the nutritional ... (read more)

Chemicals in Breastmilk: Cause for Concern?

March 12, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

If you’re among those concerned about chemicals in breastmilk—you’re not alone. Libby MacDonald in—The Toxic Sandbox—a book and blog by the same name, questions the safety of breastfeeding by U.S. mothers, citing a ... (read more)

Revised Food Packages Benefit Breastfeeding Mothers and Babies

March 6, 2008 by Amy Spangler | 2 questions or comments

In December 2007, baby gooroo® announced the much anticipated and long awaited release of an Interim Rule calling for significant changes (the first in more than 25 years!) in ... (read more)

Are Human Milk Fortifiers the Answer?

February 13, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

Human milk is designed for human babies. Cow milk is designed for calves. Cat milk is designed for kittens. Bear milk is designed for cubs. And the list goes on... Human milk has everything human babies need—most human babies that is. The phrase, got milk, ... (read more)

Is Breast No Longer Best?

February 12, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

Breastfeeding is best. Sound familiar? It should. For decades it has been the dogma of breastfeeding advocates—parents, health professionals, legislators and government officials alike, citing as evidence breastfeeding's many health benefits. According to Berry and Gribble in a ... (read more)

Searching for a Magic Bullet

February 12, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

Got milk, but not enough? You're not alone. As the number of breastfeeding mothers has increased, so too has the incidence of insufficient milk and along with it an increase in the use of galactagogues—substances that reportedly increase milk production. But do they ... (read more)

Oh, to Live in Oregon

February 11, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | 2 questions or comments

Not only is Oregon listed among the five states with the highest breastfeeding rates by the Centers for Disease Control, but the city of Portland has also ... (read more)

Got Milk?

February 1, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

If you are among the 500,000 mothers who give birth prematurely each year, your answer to the question, "Got milk?" may be, "Not yet." A group of Australian researchers recently investigated the effect of preterm birth and antenatal corticosteroids ... (read more)

Ideas Reap Rewards

January 15, 2008 by Amy Spangler | 2 questions or comments

In 1951, Jack Alter, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, school teacher, had an idea—to provide needs-based loans to fellow teachers. Today Advanta is a successful financial services company, with nearly 1,000 employees and well over 1 million small business customers nationwide. It all started ... (read more)