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Welcome to La Leche League of Sturbridge!
Our mission is to help mothers worldwide to
breastfeed through mother-to-mother support,
encouragement, information, and education, and
to promote a better understanding of
breastfeeding as an important element in the
healthy development of the baby and the mother.
La Leche League
is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian
organization dedicated to providing support,
encouragement, information, and education to
women who want to breastfeed.
Newest
Breastfeeding News:
DHA
and A.d.d.
Taken from
www.askdrsears.com
Studies have shown that children with ADHD tend to have low blood levels of DHA
and arachidonic acid, two key brain fats. Perhaps this is why other studies have
shown that children who have been breastfed are less likely to have ADHD, and
the longer the period of breastfeeding, the less the likelihood of having ADHD.
The reason seems to be that breastmilk is high in important fatty acids, such as
DHA, GLA, and ALA, arachidonic acid, and others, but prior to 1997 most formulas
contained none or little of these fatty acids. Studies at Purdue University in
Indiana suggest that many boys with ADHD have low levels of the omega fatty
acids DHA, GLA, and AA in their blood, and tended to have lower levels of ALA
and LA precursors in their blood than boys without ADHD, suggesting that these
children were unable to make the fatty acids their brain needs from the fats in
their diet. The boys with ADHD who had the lowest levels of DHA, GLA, and AA,
exhibited the most anxiety, impulsivity, hyperactivity and conduct disorders.
The researchers suggested three possible explanations for their findings: the
children's diets were deficient in essential fatty acids, the children had a
metabolic problem that prevented the body from converting dietary nutrients to
essential fatty acids for the brain, or various lifestyle and dietary factors
reduced the level of essential fatty acids available to the brain. For more
information on ADD and ADHD
Click Here
(http://www.askdrsears.com/html/10/t101000.asp).
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baby the best.
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La Leche League, the
internationally recognized authority on
breastfeeding has a presence in sixty-five
countries as well as on the worldwide Web.
Breastfeeding is every baby’s birthright, and the
key to good health and development La
Leche League has long stood for breastfeeding as
a key contributor to the health and well-being
of mothers and children, but your help is
essential. Each year we count on the LLLI family
of supporters— will you give us more reasons to
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“La Leche League has been an
invaluable source of information,
affirmation, and confirmation. I leave
each meeting feeling proud of all of us
women who are doing this incredibly
loving thing for our children and for
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