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Add an EventAugust is National Breastfeeding Month (NBM) in the USA
In the United States of America (USA), the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) previously announced that the August 2026 National Breastfeeding Month1 theme will be Resilience, Interdependence, Self-Determination, Empowerment.
Irucka Embry, of EcoC²S, created this Press Release in support of National Breastfeeding Month to 1) encourage a greater adoption of breastfeeding & 2) provide useful resources so that we, as Human Beings, can become more responsible for our health and the health of our child(ren) not only in the USA, but across Planet Earth as well.
Some important questions about breastfeeding:
Why is Human breast milk superior2 to lacking (and possibly toxic)3 baby formulas as the first food?
Is any researcher looking into the importance of the transfer of Microzymas (small ferment in Greek) from mother to child during pregnancy, during vaginal childbirth, and/or through breastfeeding?4
If so, what are the results?
If not, why not?
Is any researcher looking into the importance of the transfer of subtle energies from mother to child during pregnancy, during vaginal childbirth, and/or through breastfeeding?5
If so, what are the results?
If not, why not?
Can baby formula replace the emotional connection between a mother and a nursing child?
Infants receiving Human breast milk have been shown to have a decrease in infant mortality, is this also true for baby formula?6
What is the percent of infant children who were breastfed exclusively within the first 3 or 6 months of their lives in the United States of America (USA)?9
What are the factor(s) that keep mothers from choosing to (exclusively) breastfeed their child(ren) for the first hour, first 48 hours, up to the first 12 months of their child(ren)’s lives throughout Planet Earth?
What can be done globally to raise awareness about the benefits of breastfeeding for the mother and the child?
What can you do to take action, raise awareness, etc. during August 2026 (and beyond) to be a champion for breastfeeding?
Below are several books that can hopefully create more healthy families through breastfeeding and beyond10:
%Healing Our Children: Because Your New Baby Matters! Sacred Wisdom for Preconception, Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting (Ages 0-6) By Ramiel Nagel; ISBN 9780982021316
%Feed Yourself, Feed Your Family: Good Nutrition and Healthy Cooking for New Moms and Growing Families Happy Cooking for New Moms and Growing Families By La Leche League International; ISBN 9780440423652
%Real Food for Mother and Baby: The Fertility Diet, Eating for Two, and Baby’s First Foods By Nina Planck; ISBN 9781632864598
%The Art of Breastfeeding, Completely Revised and Updated 9th Edition By La Leche League International, Bibiana Moreno Carranza, Jayne Joyce, Anna Swisher and Teresa Pitman; ISBN 9780593722756
%Love ‘N’ Lactation: Breastfeeding Essentials By Sekesa Berry; ISBN 9798985406214
%Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family By La Leche League International, Diane Wiessinger, Diana West, Linda J. Smith and Teresa Pitman; ISBN 9780345518477
%Tu lactancia va a ser la leche / Your Breastfeeding Journey Is Going to Be a Breeze por Alba Padro; ISBN 9788425373510
%Somos la leche: Dudas, consejos y falsos mitos sobre la lactancia / We Are Milk: Doubts, advice, and false myths about breastfeeding por Alba Padro; ISBN 9788418007156
%Lactancia y trabajo: Cómo volver sin morir en el intento / Breastfeeding and Work por Alba Padro; ISBN 9788425364396
%Destete. Final de una etapa / Weaning. The End of a Phase por Alba Padro; ISBN 9788418055003
%Mucha teta. Manual de lactancia materna / A Lot of Breast. A Breastfeeding Handbook por Alba Padro; ISBN 9788418055508
Footnotes
https://www.usbreastfeeding.org/national-breastfeeding-month.html
U.S. Breastfeeding Committee: National Breastfeeding Month↩︎https://www.ecoccs.com/healing.html#parenting
EcoC²S [Irucka Embry): Resources for a Healthier You (Resources to help us take responsibility back to heal ourselves and each other): Parenting (Motherhood & Fatherhood)https://obrc.ouhsc.edu/Portals/1308a/Assets/documents/Handouts/BreastmilkVSFormula.pdf
Oklahoma Breastfeeding Resource Center: Did you ever wonder what’s in Breastmilk versus Formula?https://e-cep.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.3345/cep.2020.00059
Components of human breast milk: from macronutrient to microbiome and microRNA
By Su Yeong Kim, MD and Dae Yong Yi, MD, PhD, Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics 2020;63(8):301-309https://e-cep.org/journal/view.php?number=20125555350
Pivotal roles of prolactin and other hormones in lactogenesis and the nutritional composition of human milk
By Yong Joo Kim, MD, Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics 2020;63(8):312-313↩︎https://www.ecoccs.com/healing.html#parenting
EcoC²S [Irucka Embry): Resources for a Healthier You (Resources to help us take responsibility back to heal ourselves and each other): Parenting (Motherhood & Fatherhood)https://obrc.ouhsc.edu/Portals/1308a/Assets/documents/Handouts/Risks%20of%20Formula%2C%20English.pdf
Oklahoma Breastfeeding Resource Center: Risks of Formula Feedinghttps://obrc.ouhsc.edu/Portals/1308a/Assets/documents/Handouts/Risks%20of%20Formula%2C%20Spanish.pdf
Oklahoma Breastfeeding Resource Center: Riesgos de la Alimentación con Fórmulahttps://www.cdc.gov/botulism/outbreaks-investigations/infant-formula-june-2026/index.html
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Powdered Infant Formula, June 2026https://www.cdc.gov/botulism/es/outbreaks-investigations/infant-formula-june-2026/index.html
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Brote de botulismo infantil vinculado a fórmula en polvo para bebés, junio del 2026https://www.drugwatch.com/baby-formula/
Drugwatch: Baby Formula: Controversies, Risks & Industry Failures: Infant formula plays a critical role in the health of millions of babies every year in the United States. But certain formula brands have been linked to the risk of a life-threatening condition called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) among premature infants, leading to lawsuits.
Written By Dr. Jonathan Jassey, DO, Last update: April 10, 2026https://www.consumerreports.org/babies-kids/baby-formula/baby-formula-contaminants-test-results-a7140095293/
Consumer Reports: We Tested 41 Baby Formulas for Lead and Arsenic: While some formulas had concerning levels, there are safer choices. After seeing our results, the FDA is pledging further action.
By Lauren Kirchner, Updated March 3, 2026https://www.consumerreports.org/babies-kids/baby-formula/liquid-baby-formula-contaminants-test-results-a8639602154/
Consumer Reports: We Tested 49 More Baby Formulas for Lead and Arsenic: Almost half were good choices, including some powdered, ready-to-feed, and organic formulas made by Bobbie, Earth’s Best, Enfamil, and Similac
By Lauren Kirchner, Updated March 6, 2026https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal
2008 Chinese milk scandal: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia↩︎https://www.ecoccs.com/healing.html#bechamp
EcoC²S [Irucka Embry): Resources for a Healthier You (Resources to help us take responsibility back to heal ourselves and each other): Pierre Jacques Antoine Béchamp (Microzymian Theory) Instead of Louis Pasteur/Pasteurization (“Germ Theory of Disease Causation”)https://www.qup.quest/soiled-seeds.html
Questioning the Universe Publishing (QUP) {Irucka Embry]: Tuning to the Soil-ed Seed Vibrations For Our Collective Health Edited & Written By Irucka Ajani Embry With Obiora Embry; ISBN 978-0-9914994-9-6, ISBN 978-0-9914994-3-4 & ISBN 978-0-9914994-2-7↩︎“The human body is an energy complex that generates all forms of familiar energies—electric, magnetic, thermal, kinetic and electromagnetic—which can easily be detected by simple devices of which the most sophisticated is the electroencephalograph. But there are also other types of subtle energies that have not yet been defined and which can relate primarily to the mental, emotional and instinctual levels of the human being.”
—A New Model for Health and Disease: Suggesting an Explanation for the Explosion of: AIDS, Cancer, Asthma, Candida, Epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, Tuberculosis, Schizophrenia, Multiple Sclerosis, Allergic Conditions, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome New Expanded Edition. By George Vithoulkas, North Sporades, Greece: International Academy of Classical Homeopathy, 2008, Page 42; ISBN 1-55643-087-6 [https://www.vithoulkas.com/]↩︎
https://tipqc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Dr.-Julie-Ware-Breastfeeding-and-Infant-Mortality.pdf
Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care (TIPQC): Breastfeeding and Infant Mortality
By Julie Ware, MD, MPH, IBCLC, TIPQC Annual Meeting, March 25, 2024https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1089/bfm.2023.29251.editorial
Breastfeeding and Infant Mortality
By Arthur I. Eidelman, Breastfeeding Medicine, 2023 Volume 18, Issue 8https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(21)00090-9/fulltext
Breastfeeding and post-perinatal infant deaths in the United States, A national prospective cohort analysis
By Li R, Ware J, Chen A et al., The Lancet Regional Health — Americas, 2021; 5↩︎https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/breastfeeding/
United Nations (UN) UNICEF Data: Breastfeeding↩︎Ibid.↩︎
https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding-data/survey/results.html
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): National and State Breastfeeding Rates: Data Results↩︎% Please note that Irucka Embry receives a commission from the purchase(s) of product(s) via this affiliate link.↩︎
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