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"Circulating concentrations of isofiavones in infants fed soy-based formula were 13,000 to 22,000 times higher than plasma estradiol concentrations in infants on cows milk formula. ... Fitzpatrick estimated that an infant exclusively fed soy formula receives the estrogenic equivalent (based on body weight) of at least five birth control pills per day. By contrast, almost no phytoestrogens have been detected in dairy-based infant formula or in human milk, even when the mother consumes soy products." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"There was only one nurse for every eight infants, and physical contact was limited to brief feedings and diaper changes. Otherwise, each baby was kept isolated in a crib with sheets draped over the sides to prevent the spread of infection. Instead of keeping the infants healthy, however, this regime had produced a collection of physically stunted, cognitively retarded, and emotionally damaged children. In Spitz's words, "By the end of the second year, the average of their developmental quotients stands at 45 per cent of the normal. This would be the level of the idiot." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"That hurts, but it's tolerable. As infants and children, we expected our needs to be fulfilled and we expected them to be fulfilled quickly, or else we began to form catastrophe predictions. When infants have the image or feeling of not getting needs met, either the emptiness of their stomach or the emptiness of being alone, it makes them wail violently because their survival depends on it. But in a sense it's an early version of panic based on a catastrophe prediction. For the infant, it feels as if they'll never be fed or nurtured again, and this induces panic." - Roger Gould, Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever (Get the book.)

"Regular consumption of soy products makes sense for most people—but not for children, and particularly not for infants, because of the high level of phytoestrogens in soy. Balancing Hormone Levels in the Body In a perfect world, there would be no need to address this aspect of health at all, but the world we live in is far from perfect. Again, diet, stress, and environmental factors are constantly working to throw our bodies out of balance. Specifically, we need to address the following problem areas." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Treated infants had less ... eczema at two years of age and therefore possibly run a reduced risk to develop later respiratory allergic disease," wrote lead researcher Thomas Abrahamsson from Linkoping University Hospital. And that research is in line with a previous study from Finland that reported that children who received a particular kind of probiotic—the Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG bacteria—were a whopping 40 percent less likely to develop atopic eczema at four years of age than children who received a placebo. Your digestive system is like a large garden with flowers and weeds." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Widespread vitamin D deficiencies Right now, over half of all pregnant women in the United States are chronically deficient in vitamin D, and they're giving birth to infants with rickets. Their infants are predisposed to type 1 diabetes and schizophrenia because they don't have adequate vitamin D supplies. You can't get vitamin D in sufficient quantities from drinking milk or orange juice, or any of the other foods or drinks that have been fortified with vitamin D." - Mike Adams, Spam Filters for Your Brain (Get the book.)

"The bones in the infants' arms or legs were so grossly short that their hands or feet appeared to sprout directly from their torsos like the flippers of a seal. Some of the babies also lacked openings for their ears or bowels. It later came to light that the first thalidomide baby had been born in Germany in 1957, the same year that country had approved the drug. The public did not learn of the cases, however, until November 1961, when a German newspaper gave the disturbing account of Dr. Widukind Lenz of Hamburg. Dr." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"It affects between 10 and 20 percent of all infants, but almost half of these kids will "grow out" of eczema between the ages of five and fifteen, according to the American Academy of Dermatologists. But many won't. Two wonderful supplements—evening primrose oil and probiotics—may help. Scratching Beneath the Surface for Causes First understand this: Eczema can be difficult to treat partly because you have to do some detective work to figure out just which stressors may be triggering the dry, scaly skin in the first place." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Fecal microflora in healthy infants born by different methods of delivery: Permanent changes in intestinal flora after cesarean delivery. J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr. 28, 19-25. 33. Penders, J., Thijs, C, Vink, C, Stelma, F. F., Snijders, B., Kummeling, I., van den Brandt, P. A., and Stobberingh, E. E. (2006). Factors influencing the composition of the intestinal microbiota in early infancy. Pediatrics 118, 511-521. 34. Mitsuoka, T. (1992). Intestinal flora and aging. Nutr. Rev. 50, 438^146. 35. Whitney, E., and Rolfes, S. (2002). The fat soluble vitamins: A, D, E, and K." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"In the United States, another psychoanalytic psychiatrist, Rene Spitz, had provided an apparently vivid demonstration of the truth of Bowlby's proclamation with his famous 1945 studies—far more dramatic in their message than Anna Freud's work—documenting the emotional and physical regression of infants living in a foundling home. All of the children in this home, Spitz noted, received excellent physical care in a scrupulously hygienic environment. Good hygiene, it was believed, was the key to good health." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"Since serotonin in humans controls about the same functions as in mice, researchers believe that the same phenomenon occurs in human infants. The implications of all the existing research conducted on serotonin are wide-reaching. Any prolonged imbalance of serotonin levels in the body affects the most basic functions in the body. Although, fruits and vegetables contain serotonin, to digest these foods you require a healthy digestive system. The digestive system follows its own schedule, controlled by the serotonin cycle. The serotonin cycle, in turn, follows the circadian rhythm." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) "These "miracle cures" seem to happen most frequently in certain types of malignancies: kidney cancer, melanoma (cancer of the skin), lymphomas (cancers of the lymph), and neuroblastoma (a nerve cell cancer that affects infants). Considering that most of the body's organs have eliminative functions, it stands to reason that liver, kidney, colon, lungs, lymph, and skin cancers are more likely to disappear when these major organs and systems of elimination are no longer overloaded with toxins. Likewise, malignant tumors do not develop in a healthy body with intact defense and repair functions." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Supplemental vitamin K is normally prescribed for newborn infants. Vitamin K is abundant in green vegetables. Calcium and phosphorus are needed by pregnant women for fetal bone formation. Phosphorus is needed to form the structure of both DNA and RNA. Adequate dietary calcium is needed to prevent calcium losses from bones of the mother. During pregnancy, if insufficient dietary calcium is consumed, calcium and lead could be removed from the bones of the mother and put into the blood circulation with damaging effects on the fetus." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.) "Adequate intakes (AI) have been estimated for infants, as seen in Table 10-2. About 40 to 50 percent of dietary magnesium is absorbed. With small amounts of dietary magnesium, absorption is higher. With higher intakes, absorption is lower. Most dietary magnesium is absorbed in the colon or far down in the intestines. Magnesium supplements are available in poorly absorbed forms such as magnesium oxide and magnesium chloride. The poor solubility of these salts diminishes their absorption. Absorption is a little better with magnesium gluconate and magnesium citrate." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.) "Newborn infants may need: (a) Extra green vegetables and oils. (b) An injection of vitamin K or oral vitamin K. (c) No extra vitamin K. (d) An injection of vitamin D. 8. The Dietary Reference Intake (DRI)) of vitamin K for an adult woman is: (a) 90 micrograms. (b) 90 milligrams. (c) 120 micrograms. (d) 120 milligrams. 9. Vitamin K is abundant in: (a) Red meat. (b) Dairy products. (c) Leafy green vegetables. (d) Fish. 10. Large doses of vitamin K are: (a) Very toxic. (b) Toxic. (c) Slightly toxic. (d) Not toxic. Test: Part Two Do not refer to the text when taking this test." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.) "Deficiency Risk Factors Breast-fed infants not exposed to sunlight. The elderly have less ability to synthesize vitamin D in the skin. Institutionalized people of all ages. People with dark skin. People who live in cold climates. Vitamin D deficiency can also harm adults. Adult bones can slowly become deficient in calcium and phosphorus. This can result in soft bones, known as osteomalacia. Osteomalacia can cause a bent posture and bowed legs from chronic vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiency can be a contributor to osteoporosis." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"The National Institute of Child Health and Development provides the following guidelines for treating constipated infants and children.4 Infants less than 2 months old should be examined by a physician. Infants 2 to 4 months old may be given 1 ounce of fruit juice (grape, pear, apple, cherry, or prune) per month of age twice a day. Infants older than 4 months who have begun solid foods may be given high-fiber baby foods (e.g., peas, beans, apricots, prunes, peaches, pears, plums, and spinach) twice a day. Children older than 1 year will benefit from the same dietary changes as adults (i.e." - David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG, Medical Herbalism: The Science Principles and Practices Of Herbal Medicine (Get the book.)

"Some of the most dramatic studies involve infants. infants who are not frequently held tend to have mortality rates that are about 35 percent higher than those of infants who are physically nurtured. Additional studies have shown that infants who are massaged have lower stress hormones as well. Emotional support doesn't even have to come from other people. It can also come from pets. Numerous studies show that people who have pets are relatively less prone to stress, and less vulnerable to stress-related diseases." - Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D., Brain Longevity: The Breakthrough Medical Program that Improves Your Mind and Memory (Get the book.)

"He found that 76 percent of the mothers were severely vitamin D deficient, and 81 percent of their infants were as Natural Prescription for Improved Physical Performance Vitamin D: 1,000-2,000 IU daily You can also increase your vitamin D levels by getting unprotected sun exposure for about 10-15 minutes three times a week. well. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 42 percent of African American women were deficient in vitamin D during their childbearing years, especially at the end of winter time." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Phytoestrogens are potent anti-thyroid agents which are present in vast quantities in soy. infants exclusively fed on a soy-based formula have 13,000 to 22,000 times more estrogen compounds in their blood than babies fed a milk-based formula. This would be the estrogenic equivalent of at least five birth control pills per day. For this reason, premature development of girls (early puberty) has been linked to the use of soy formula, as has the underdevelopment of males. Infant soy formula and soy milk have been linked to autoimmune-thyroid disease, and now also to death." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"There was also some evidence from this time that not just infants but also older children could be damaged by emotionally inconsistent or inadequate nurturing. In 1951, British nutritionist Elsie Widdowson described in the pages of The Lancet her studies of the effects of war rations on the health of children in Germany. Two FrI. Schwarz transferred from Bienenhaus to Vogelnest. Additional food started FrI. Schwarz's favourites Bienenhaus Vogelnest 2." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.) "Instead of keeping the infants healthy, however, this regime had produced a collection of physically stunted, cognitively retarded, and emotionally damaged children. In Spitz's words, "By the end of the second year, the average of their developmental quotients stands at 45 per cent of the normal. This would be the level of the idiot. We continued to observe these children at longer intervals up to the age of four years . . . by that time, with a few exceptions, these children cannot sit, stand, walk, or talk." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"Federal regulators received more than seven thousand reports of drugs harming infants and toddlers under age two between 1997 and 2000, according to a university study. More than 750 of those children died. The vast majority of the industry's marketing dollars is directed not at consumers but at physicians, the gatekeepers whom patients trust. In 2004 the industry employed an army of 101,000 sales representatives to call on those doctors—two and a half times the size of its sales force in 1995." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Over time, however, researchers working with infants with neonatal lupus began to notice that four or five years down the road, mothers who had been seemingly healthy at the time of giving birth were routinely developing either lupus or lupus-related Sjogren's disease, an autoimmune disease in which sufferers experience symptoms such as dry eyes, dry mouth, and difficulty swallowing." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) "He would later realize that it was a veneer Jan had perfected all too well after decades of reassuring parents with critically ill infants and soothing children who were about to undergo surgery. That morning they crossed the border into southern Montana, where ash from the fires hung so thick in the air that you couldn't see across the street. Neighborhoods were being evacuated. As they got out of their Legacy station wagon to stretch their legs and survey the situation, Jan was seized again by debilitating chest pain and shortness of breath." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Infants and toddlers lose water through their damaged skin more quickly than older children and adults, because the surface of their bodies is larger in comparison to their bodies' volume. To keep her hydrated, Josie's doctors needed to give her intravenous fluids, but with so much of her skin burned, they had trouble finding a place to put an IV line. Two days after she arrived at the hospital, she was sent to the operating room, where she was given a "central line," a tube inserted just under the collarbone into the large central vein leading directly to her heart." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.) "Any fewer specialists and the death rate began to climb among infants, particularly those born prematurely, at low birth weight, or with birth defects. Happily, there are only a few parts of the country that don't have enough neonatologists, or enough beds in a neonatal ICU, where the sickest babies are cared for. On the other hand, there are many areas of the country with extra specialists, beyond the 4.3 per ten thousand births—and excess neonatal intensive care beds because neonatal ICUs are profitable. Those additional doctors and beds do nothing to further reduce the infant death rate." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"On a typical day almost 6 percent of the infants, toddlers, and children in those day care centers were given some kind of medicine, which ranged from antibiotics to insulin. That number did not include the children who took prescription drugs at home before their parents dropped them off. In elementary school, children had grown accustomed to a daily medication break, just the way students before them had counted on milk time." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "At the time Glaxo was best known in Britain as the company that "builds bonnie babies," a reference to its longtime marketing of a dried milk formula for infants. It also had a successful medicine business but had no operations in the United States, where sales of prescription drugs were booming. An unabashedly self-assured accountant named Paul Girolami was determined that Glaxo would discover America. Girolami had joined Glaxo as financial controller and worked his way up the ranks to become chief executive in 1980." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

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