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Kids who were breastfed longer have higher IQs, new study shows
NBC News ^
| July 29, 2013
| Barbara Mantel
Posted on 07/30/2013 5:13:56 AM PDT by don-o
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posted on
07/30/2013 5:13:56 AM PDT
by
don-o
To: don-o
Have they isolated for variables in a double blind study? My guess is that its a coincidental finding. Smarter people generally have smarter children. Breast feeding is what we have been told is best (no argument here) and more smart people do it than dumb people.
I would also guess that people who have started a successful business have higher IQs, but giving someone a successful business isn’t going to make them smarter.
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posted on
07/30/2013 5:21:54 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: don-o
Does the practice have any benefits if applied during adulthood?
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posted on
07/30/2013 5:24:47 AM PDT
by
glorgau
To: SampleMan
Have they isolated for variables in a double blind study? Reading the whole article indicates, Yes.
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posted on
07/30/2013 5:25:11 AM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
To: don-o
Such bs...Just another “breasfeed or else”...live with the consequences
To: glorgau
Did not take long for the 14 year old to show up, I see.
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posted on
07/30/2013 5:26:14 AM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
To: don-o
Why is breast milk better than formula? Three reasons:
1. It’s always fresh.
2. The cats can’t get at it.
3. It comes in such a cute little container.
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posted on
07/30/2013 5:27:59 AM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
To: don-o
Yeh...now lets go to the jungles where everyone breasfeeds until the kid has choppers. And their IQ is what??
To: Sacajaweau
““breasfeed or else””
What did you think those things were for?
To: All
how about third world countries with no formulas?
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posted on
07/30/2013 5:30:33 AM PDT
by
VAFreedom
(maybe i should take a nap before work)
To: Sacajaweau
And their IQ is what?? I guess a study needs to made of African intelligence to determine that.
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posted on
07/30/2013 5:31:12 AM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
To: don-o
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posted on
07/30/2013 5:31:14 AM PDT
by
Venturer
( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
To: Venturer
I don’t believe this. Why not?
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posted on
07/30/2013 5:43:22 AM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
To: don-o
This has been known for a long time. But good to know that the findings are repeatable.
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posted on
07/30/2013 5:47:58 AM PDT
by
cartan
To: don-o
Than the third world should be full of geniuses if this were true.
To: SampleMan
Smarter people generally have smarter children. Breast feeding is what we have been told is best (no argument here) and more smart people do it than dumb people. Or women who have the time and luxury to prolong breastfeeding tend to be those who spend more time with their children, which leads to smarter kids.
To: Venturer
Not sure I do either.
This seems like a pseudo-study.
Seriously.
To: Cringing Negativism Network
This seems like a pseudo-study. How so? I am interested in valid objections backed up by facts.
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posted on
07/30/2013 6:03:48 AM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
To: Sacajaweau; don-o
Fernstrom says this study shows an association, not cause and effect. Reading with, talking to and spending time with a child will take her farther than any breastmilk ever will.
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posted on
07/30/2013 6:04:32 AM PDT
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
To: SampleMan; don-o
One thing that can't be duplicated in any formula is the live-cell antibody content in mothers' milk, which (of course) is custom-made and ramped up as a protective response to the pathogens found in the immediate environment.
Whether you are conceptually into "Intelligent Design" or "Evolution" (or "Intelligently Designed Evolution") you've gotta admit that the formulation of mothers' milk has been microcalibrated over thousands of generations with very strict specifications: any inferior product decreased babies' chances of surviving, developing well, and having babies of their own.
I think mothers' milk is a product of genius. But that's just me.
:o)
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posted on
07/30/2013 6:06:44 AM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(I am thankful for babies' laughter, except when milk comes out of their nose.)
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