In very malnourished countries, can breastfeeding mothers actually save a life?

dimanche 11 janvier 2015

In a nutshell, a case for where breast milk is consumed by hungry persons other than the infant.



I can't find much research on this and I know it's a bit of an ackward discussion topic.



But suppose in a country that had abundant food crops, moms gave birth to newborn infants, but then came a natural weather catastrophee and food crops were wiped out overnight. In a starving aftermath that nobody foresaw,



The people are to receive food aid that won't arrive for 72 more hours. And some citizens are not going to make it 72 hours without food supply. But ....Because of the importance of mothers and their infants being well fed with a lower risk tolerance relative to the average person, the stored fat "energy" surplus in moms with newborns is on a normal basis higher (they consume more nutrients in order to secure enough food to breastfeed the infant)...and now have an ability to offer temporary relief to those who just may not make it to 72 hours without food



This would be people who were in a pre-existing situation of hunger or health illness. Healthy people can usually last 30 days on water.



But what I'm wondering is in a life-death situation with people starving on the brink of death, in these countries and in these situations, is it common that moms with young infants for short-term emergency prolonging of life of others ...pump their milk into a public source to feed others, including family and neighbors?



Are their sited cases of this?





In very malnourished countries, can breastfeeding mothers actually save a life?

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