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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don’t care how anyone feeds their baby, but I’m so sick of the “fed is best” nonsense.  Breastmilk is nutritionally superior to formula.  It just is.  This is a scientific fact.  The benefits may be overstated at times, but it is an undeniable FACT that there are benefits.  [/quote]

And yet, somehow, nobody can tell which people were breastfed and which were formula fed.  Because despite the "undeniable FACT" you refer to, it doesn't make a real difference on an individual level. When people say fed is best, they are saying the most important thing is to feed your baby.

Babies have starved because their mothers were told to "just keep nursing".  And that unfortunately is a fact that actually matters. [/quote]

Nonsense.  Breastfeeding reduces the risk of certain adverse physical outcomes.  While we can not identify which formula fed babies suffering from those conditions wouldn’t have suffered if they had been breastfed, we know with certainly that some of those babies wouldn’t have been affected if they had been breastfed.  Again, I don’t care what you do, but at least have the intellectual honesty to acknowledge that breastmilk is nutritionally superior.[/quote]

You are making this crap up.  Like you said, no one knows.  Many FF kids are very healthy.  Many BF kids are very healthy.  Many FF kids get sick.  Many BF kids get sick.  It is not superior.  You also forget to factor in things like alcohol, medications and poor diet of the mother.[/quote]

It is superior.  And your last sentence is so dumb I don’t even know what to say.  “You forgot the confounding variables!”

Yes, of course other things make a difference.  And a woman who drinks five drinks a day while pregnant and then breastfeeds will probable have a worse outcome than a woman who doesn’t drink and FFs.  That doesn’t change the simple fact that everything else being equal, breastmilk is nutritionally superior to formula.[/quote]

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