Reply #140: The issue is not "new evidence"... [View All]

[DRex]

as stated in the article, the problem with the WHO recommendation from 2001 was that is was based on no evidence at all. They are trying to rectify that by examining what evidence there really is.

Also, according to the article, the new recommendations are much more in line with what the vast majority of mothers are already doing anyway, introducing solids before 6 months. Most of them are not even breastfeeding anymore by that time, which is contrary to the recommendations of this new journal article, which recommends continued breastfeeding after the 6 month date.

I fail to see how telling mothers to continue breastfeeding and that breastfeeding is the healthiest option is somehow an attack on breastfeeding.

I just don't see the problem! They aren't selling drugs here, they're encouraging an improved dietary regimen. You keep saying that a 6 month old can't digest these foods. Again, I'll trust the doctors in the peer reviewed journal over an online forum poster. Call me crazy.

As for Sagan and the aliens, he was one of very few scientists to take the time of day to talk seriously about it, even though he couldn't believe we had been visited because of...wait for it.... no evidence!