Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see, yet the research reveals almost 50% of our children will have a chronic disease of mind-body by 18 years of age. What is this earth our children are inheriting? Can we turn it around? Will we?
In the beginning, children were known to receive their first inoculation of bacteria through the vaginal canal upon entering this world, skin to skin, mouth to breast and lips from healthy parents who still interacted in a healthy environment.
This is where we see the beginning of a world out of harmony. Caesarean section surgery and bottle feeding may be necessary for parents unable to do a natural birth and feeding, yet it is sometimes unnecessarily used too often for convenience and not always emergency—at the expense of a healthy diverse microbiome. I believe we, as a culture, are returning back to feeding our babies naturally when possible; and when not exploring breastmilk sharing, use natural formula as close to nature as possible. Other factors affecting early beginning are:
• Non-food stuff filling our schools, homes, chemical non-food
• Lack of contact with outdoors, and living nutrient-rich food and families preparing whole food together.
• Our convenience and fast-paced and overstimulated world Breastfeeding is also a major contributor to the formation of a healthy microbiome. Healthy breast milk supports the maximum neurological growth. A breastfeeding baby begins life immediately with lipase and amylase nutrition. Pregnant breastfeeding mothers need adequate amounts of DHA, and the conversion of ALA to DHA is more optimal with proper levels of B3, B6, magnesium, zinc, and vitamins A, C, and E. Oligosaccharides, which are plentiful in breast milk, promote the growth of Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus, which assist in strengthening development and immunity.70
Most postnatal depression comes with a severe Omega 3 deficiency, as it takes so much essential fatty acid to build a beautiful new life!! This was the case for myself when my mother was diagnosed with an aneurysm when I was only ten days old. During this time, I was given watered-down canned evaporated milk. As the story goes, I cried 24/7. My new normality throughout my early childhood was fluctuations of a distended, crampy abdomen—fluctuating between bouts of constipation and diarrhoea. This was exasperated by the continual antibiotic prescriptions that I used for constant ear infections, which I later learned were due to my extreme allergies to sugar, processed food and dairy. There has always been a direct link to dairy allergies, loss of microbiota diversity and ear infections. This is the seeds for IBD and dis-ease, later in life for many. Sheryl McCumsey, from Pesticide Free Alberta, and Zen Honeycutt, in Moms Across America, along with thousands of more trailblazing, advocating mother bears, teach the power of eating only organic and biodynamic food to heal allergies, learning disabilities, and more severe conditions, and are having great success. The instinct to protect our children is strong, deep, and old. I believe most mothers who have been given the correct information regarding the poison in our food supply, would protect their children from the tainted foods found in the supermarkets today.
