Milk: The Amrit on Earth!

Dear friends,

When a friend told me about his sorrow that his 6 months old son could not see and the optic nerve had not developed.

This set me thinking and next day I asked him whether the child had been getting mother’s milk.

He told me that mother’s milk had stopped within a few days and the Doctor at his place, Durgapur, advised to switch to Lactogen.

This seems to have been a grave mistake.

 Milk, especially mother’s, is not just a health supplement or a food.

As per the latest researches Milk is a highly specialized, complex nutrient system developed by mammalian evolution to promote postnatal growth. In contrast to feeding artificial infant formula, only human milk allows appropriate metabolic programming and protects against diseases of civilization in later life.

Also the mother’s milk serves as a genetic transfection system or in other words a genetic supplement also as being found out by researches

(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3725179/#B1 )

 

Mother’s milk by itself is the complete growth and development package for the infant. No artificial supplement(s) can even dream to come close.

 For adults also the milk is the best health supplement for vitamins, minerals, amino acids etc. Also a good source of Oxytocin.

In old days our ancestors could not get fortified health drink or access to medical facility yet Milk was good source of good health for them.

However milk should be taken at room temperature or cold as hot milk is less amenable to digestion.

In case of lactating mothers their nutrition is also paramount and should be taken well care of.

Unfortunately, Good quality milk availability is an issue. Even Packets and tetra packs fall short in quality. If we can get good milk from any dairy we should take it any cost.