Thinking About Commercial Formula? Think Again! The health-sustaining qualities of raw milk Problems associated with commercial formula can include: depend on mom’s diet. For cows, this means a diet After Raw Breast Milk, q Constipation q More frequent of grass, forage and hay from mineral-rich soil. What’s Best? q Gas and stomach aches spitting up Human moms will best nourish their breastfed babies by consuming plenty of q Problems sleeping q Weakened immune system nutrient-dense animal foods – including raw whole milk q Congestion q Frequent colds, runny from pasture-fed cows – during lactation. q Milk allergies and noses and ear infections lactose intolerance All raw milk is healthy, whether human, cow, goat, sheep, water buffalo, reindeer, horse, or camel, Instead, Make Homemade Raw Milk Formula provided that living conditions are natural and healthy q Milk from the human breast is raw and like raw cow’s milk, and sanitation standards are met. contains active biological systems that naturally protect the While some people tolerate goat’s milk better than cow’s milk itself – and the infant who drinks it – from infection. milk, cow’s milk is best for homemade infant formula q Both raw breast milk and raw cow’s milk contain vital because of high levels of vitamin B12 and folate. living elements that cannot be commercially reproduced. For More Information q Neither raw breast milk nor raw cow’s milk are likely to www.westonaprice.org cause lactose intolerance or digestive problems. www.realmilk.com q Both raw breast milk and raw cow’s milk increase immu- nity to infection by increasing the biodiversity of beneficial www.californiarawmilk.com bacteria in the gut. www.mercola.com q Both raw breast milk and raw cow’s milk are high in www.raw-milk-facts.com beneficial fats, critical to proper brain development and for protection against pathogens. q Raw breast milk is not regulated for human consumption. a campaign for Homemade Raw Milk Raw cow’s milk, when tested and regulated by the state, Real Milk must meet the safety standards set for pasteurized milk – is a project of Formula for Babies, without actually being pasteurized. The Weston A. Price Foundation® Raw milk from cows or goats can be used in a homemade and Raw Milk for q for Wise Traditions formula that includes other ingredients to ensure confor- in Food, Healing, and the Healing Arts mity with mother’s milk. Babies can make the transition Toddlers & Children from raw milk formula to plain undiluted raw milk at ® nine to twelve months; but infants younger than nine months should only be given raw milk as an ingredient Find Out Why in raw milk infant formula. For more information, visit Doctors Recommend It, http://www.westonaprice.org/childrens-health/319-recipes-for- Parents Love It, and homemade-baby-formula.html. www.westonaprice.org (202) 363-4394 Babies & Children Thrive on It! Sources: 1. Scientific American, December 1995 2. Lancet, 17 November 1984; 2 (8412): 1111-1113 3. University of California, Davis; Mills, David, “Gates Foundation Grand May Unlock Milk’s Secret for Fighting Childhood Infections” Design: www.blochcoulter.com Printed on paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council Breastfeeding-Brochure–PREPRESS-2.indd 1 9/21/10 1:38 PM Doctors Recommend Raw Milk “Raw milk is a medical super-food! It protects and rebuilds the immune system.” “Raw milk stabilizes MAST cells [which protect against Susan Stone, MD, Fresno CA pathogens], decreases inflammation and is effective for naturally treating asthma and allergies. It does not have the “Soy formula does not contain the nutrients that children side effects of drug therapy. I recommend raw milk to all of need for their growth; it is one of the worst foods you can my patients.” give your child. Serious healthy hazards include ADD/ Donald Fields, DO ADHD, brain damage, and altered behavior due to high Pediatrician, Yosemite Pediatrics levels of manganese...drink raw milk.” (formerly Chief of Medicine at Valley Children’s Hospital, Madera CA, Joseph Mercola, DO, mercola.com Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco) Commercial Raw Raw Pasteurized Infant Nutrients & Immune Factors Breast Milk Cow’s Milk Cow’s Milk Formula Parents Love Anti-microbial enzymes Active Active Inhibited Unavailable Raw Milk “My three-year- Biodiverse probiotics Active Active Destroyed Added old daughter suf- Essential omega-3 & -6 fatty acids Active Active Damaged Added fered from asthma, chronic allergies, Lactase-producing bacteria Active Active Destroyed Unavailable runny nose and congestion. At the Delicate proteins Active Active Destroyed Altered end of the first week after starting B-12 binding protein Active Active Inactive Inactive raw milk her asth- Bioavailable vitamins Active Active Inhibited Inhibited ma and congestion were gone and she Bioavailable calcium Active Active Inhibited Inhibited stopped taking all her medications.” Bioavailable phosphorus Active Active Inhibited Inhibited Becky Moreno Phosphatase enzyme Active Active Destroyed Unavailable “Since I have been giving raw milk to my nine-year-old Oligosaccharides Active Active Diminished Unavailable son, his frequent colds disappeared.” Frederick Holmshaw Lymphocytes Active Active Inactive Inactive “My six-year-old daughter was very sick with eczema when the doctors put her on soy milk. Her eczema B-lymphocytes Active Active Inactive Inactive became progressively worse. I changed to raw milk and within two days her skin started to clear up. Within Macrophages Active Active Inactive Inactive three months, she has no eczema and loves drinking Neutrophils Active Active Inactive Inactive raw milk!” Dara Ree IgA/IgG Antibodies Active Active Inactive Inactive “Raw cow’s milk saved my newborn’s life! I gave her commercial formula at one month old and she became Bifidus Factors Active Active Inactive Inactive very ill and could not have a bowel movement. I started Gamma-interferon Active Active Inactive Inactive raw milk formula and within an hour she was able to have regular bowel movements again!” Fibronectin Active Active Inactive Inactive Pandita Lugo Breastfeeding-Brochure–PREPRESS-2.indd 2 9/21/10 1:38 PM.