[neverdem]

Infant Exposures and Development of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus - The Diabetes Autoimmunity Study in the Young (DAISY)

[neverdem]

FReepmail me if you want on or off the diabetes ping list.

[Gay State Conservative]

So a cheeseburger in the birthing room is not advised?

[Katya]

I’ve never understood why people are in such a rush to feed infants anything other than human milk, or formula for those who can’t breastfeed.

[jdege]

I'd thought it pretty well established that if the mother was well on the path to diabetes - metabolic syndrome/insulin resistance/hyperinsulinemia/too damn many carbs - that the infants would be born well along the path themselves. It's an instance of Pottenger's cats - nutritional deficiencies can be cumulative across generations.

This is why we have obese six-month olds, and six-year-olds developing Adult Onset Diabetes.

My guess would be that the problem isn't that these kids are being started out on sold foods, too early, but that they are being started out on carbs, too early. Human breast milk is very high in fat, our "healthy" commercial baby foods are very low in fat and high in sugar.

Gerber Banana Baby Food
Grams fat: 0
Grams protein: 1
Grams carbs: 25
Grams sugar: 19

Gerber Squash Baby Food
Grams fat: 0
Grams protein: 1
Grams carbs: 9
Grams sugar: 5

Gerber Peas Baby Food
Grams fat: 0
Grams protein: 2
Grams carbs: 5
Grams sugar: 2

Gerber Carrots Baby Food
Grams fat: 0
Grams protein: 1
Grams carbs: 9
Grams sugar: 9

A growing body needs fat and protein for muscles and cell membranes. A growing brain needs fat and cholesterol for neural development. Where, on a diet of commercial baby food, is that fat and cholesterol supposed to come from?