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Marin Grin's avatar

Beautiful Ned. Pharma played on the precious Oxytocin word to get kids big and small hooked to their regular feeding (their-pockets) schedule.

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Ned B.'s avatar

I wouldn't put it past them.

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TriTorch's avatar

Now it all makes sense. ‘Natural’ Breastfeeding Condemned as ‘Ethically Problematic’ https://armageddonprose.substack.com/p/techno-hell-natural-breastfeeding

Less drugs, more hugs. Excellent advice!

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Ned B.'s avatar

Thanks for the link, TriTorch, here are some relevant quotes:

· Mothers pass their adaptive immune systems to their babies through breastmilk. One might call this “nature’s pharmacy.” All of the antibodies that the mother has accumulated through her life on Earth are gifted to her baby, to the obvious benefit of the child’s needy and developing immune system.

· Breastfeeding enhances the mother-child bond, the first and arguably most important social bond that serves as the foundation for all others.

Each of these effects of breastfeeding enhances the baby’s physical and psychological health and fosters a functional society. Conversely, neither enhances pharmaceutical profits or the social control of the state.

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