Breastfeeding and the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Mastitis Glowing white, mild, thick, sweet and nutritious milk is the perfect food for a mother to prepare for her baby. Breastfeeding is a mother’s natural duty. Today, we advocate breastfeeding again, not only because of the presence of toxic milk powder containing melamine. Rather, we want to tell you once again that breast milk contains the best nutritional and immunological ingredients. Breastfeeding is beneficial to both mother and baby. Breast milk contains the best nutritional and immunological ingredients. Human milk is the most ideal nutrition for infants. Human milk has special functions in nutrition, immunology and psychology, and plays an extremely important role in the healthy growth of infants, which cannot be replaced by any milk substitute. The nutritional and immunological value of human milk is higher than that of any milk substitute. Human milk generally contains 87% water and 13% solids, and the ratio of water to other ingredients is exactly balanced. Most of the proteins in breast milk are lactalbumin, which contains a large amount of amino acids essential for human body, growth and development. At the same time, the proteins in breast milk form smaller clots in the baby’s stomach that are easily digested and absorbed. The fat in human milk is rich in fatty acids and has fewer fat particles, and the absorption rate and utilization rate of breast milk for infants is twice as high as cow’s milk. There is also a sugar in human milk that is the main ingredient to promote brain nerve development, and this sugar is not found in cow’s milk. Human milk contains Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF), which is essential for infant mental development, and other growth-promoting factors. EGF is responsible for the synthesis of “DNA” in human milk. Milk powder and other milk substitutes do not contribute to the synthesis of “DNA”. Human milk also contains water-soluble vitamin D and inorganic salts such as calcium and phosphorus. This plays a role in the prevention of rickets. In addition, human milk contains many trace elements such as zinc, potassium, sodium, magnesium, copper, iron and manganese. The content of these trace elements is most appropriate for infant development and is sufficient to meet the needs of the developing infant. Human milk contains many antibodies such as lactoferrin, immunoglobulins, macrophages, lysozyme, etc. In particular, milk from the first 12 days after delivery contains more antibodies, which helps to improve the infant’s ability to fight diseases. Furthermore, the sugar in human milk can promote the growth of bifidobacteria in the intestinal tract, and the growth of bifidobacteria effectively inhibits infant diarrhea caused by E. coli infection. Breastfeeding is beneficial to the physical and mental health of mothers and infants Breastfeeding is a physiological instinct and a normal physiological function. Breastfeeding is not only economical and convenient, but more importantly, it is beneficial to the physical and mental health of mothers and infants to increase the love of mother and child (female). Mother’s love comes from nature, fixed by blood relations, but more in the process of raising, the child by the mother’s care and life around the mother and constantly generated. Mother’s love not only makes the children happy, but is also a pleasure and happiness for the mother herself. This happiness is fully reflected in their complementarity. Breastfeeding the baby facilitates and enhances the mother-infant touch and promotes mutual emotional communication. During breastfeeding the mother is fully immersed in a subtle feeling of feminine bliss, a spiritual enjoyment that cannot be replaced by any means. The baby sucks on the sweet milk at the same time. The warm, affectionate caress of the mother (which is also indispensable for the development of the baby) and the most familiar beat of the heart next to the ear, also give him/her the maternal love necessary for spiritual development.