Dr. Aaron Hartman says aggressive formula marketing in the 1950s-1970s caused roughly 1.5 million infant deaths annually from malnutrition and contaminated water. Breastfed infants have 50% fewer ear infections and 36% lower SIDS risk. The medical establishment's push for formula over breastfeeding was a massive error driven by hubris and disregard for traditional medicine.
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Aggressively marketing formulas in the 1970s led to about 1.5 million infant deaths annually due to contaminated water and malnutrition. Think about that. Worldwide, 1.5 million kids dying from malnutrition or contaminated water from formula feeding. That actually led to the Nestlé boycott back in 1977 to reverse that trend. So, you know, '50s, '60s, '70s, we told women routinely to, to, um, to use, use formula instead. It's actually better than, better than breastfeeding. We got that totally wrong. So what's some of the data? Breastfed babies have 50% fewer ear infections, 36% lower risk for SIDS, sudden infant death syndrome, and significantly reduced incidence of asthma, obesity, and diabetes later in life. Literally, breastfeeding is, is like the healthiest thing you can do, a young mother can do for a child. Yet the healthcare system told her Don't do that. And even publicly, we'd ostracize women who try to breastfeed their kids. Even now, it's kind of a little awkward to do. Yet in most cultures in the country, in the world right now, it's commonly accepted. Point is, how can we get something so basic to humanity as feeding your baby, breastfeeding? How can we get something so basic so wrong? The answer is hubris. The answer is intellectualism. The answer is a whole lot of things that in our healthcare system and our educational system that teach us The experts are right and the common people are wrong, and that is flat out wrong. Common sense, what have people done for millennia? You know, traditional health practices. You know, these are a lot of things I've learned through my medical practice studying traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, and just ancient wisdom that it just kind of caked into cultures instead of scientism. But it's really funny, if you follow, follow the science, you follow data, that can lead you down to telling women breastfeeding is bad for the kids, formula is good for them. Think about that for a second. Massive medical error. We told women for decades. Now we've fortunately reversed that. But point is, we do this all the time in healthcare system. So if you know of a blind spot, something that you were told that was just plain wrong, share below. I'd love to hear from you.
