Quote by Gabrielle Palmer

“Breastmilk is designed for rapid digestion and frequent feeding.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Breastmilk changes over the hours, weeks and months, according to a baby’s needs; and it changes during a breastfeed.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“The commercial and medical pressures to use artificial milks would have kept breastmilk supplies low.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Giving a baby anything other than breastmilk before six months increases the risk of infection, allergy and even death.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“1. No advertising of breastmilk substitutes, feeding bottles or teats.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

Mother's milk, time-tested for millions of years, is the best nutrient for babies because it is nature's perfect food.

— Robert S. Mendelsohn

“But the overwhelming number of mothers who think they have too little milk have babies who are taking plenty of milk and are gaining…

— Kathleen Huggins

“Artificial milk has been a hit and miss affair, relying on experimentation on babies.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“When our birthing culture comes to its senses and follows the evidence of what works best, then many breastfeeding difficulties will melt away.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“In many societies any non-human milk donation was interpreted as a health message to replace breastfeeding, an idea often endorsed by the resident foreigners’…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“It is difficult to insist on breastfeeding because nurses and physicians are eager to have the infant show the greatest possible gain.”12”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“The term ‘infant formula’ was a stroke of marketing genius, it made a recipe based on ordinary old cows’ milk seem like something special.”

— Gabrielle Palmer