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Although controversial, buy and sell breast milk in Europe and America can still be made openly and can even be processed in ice cream and yogurt. But in China, exclusive milk for baby are sold on the black market.

Ministry of health China expressed concern about illegal trade of human milk on the black market. Because it is illegal, there is no guarantee of freshness and purity of human milk that mothers should be giving their babies exclusively.

Breast milk that are sold come mainly mothers who admitted having production dairy excesses which are eventually sold to the mothers who only produce milk in quantities which are not sufficient.

Although many observers believe they sell to obtain additional income, the illegal milk are sold very easily on the black market. The price range is between 39 to 100 Yuan (about 6 to 15 US dollars), depending on freshness.

However, because the average sold milk was frozen, it is difficult to distinguish weather the milk is really cool or had been stored for a long time. Another risk for the buyer, is that there is no guarantee that it is purely mild chest because it could be mixed with cow milk.

"Even if it is the pure milk, the nutritional requirements of every baby is different and can only be satisfied of the milk produced by their own mother," said Zhang Junping, obstetrician of obstetrics and Gynecology hospital in China, according to Medindia.

Junping is also concerned about the differences in the composition of breast milk for sale because it could trigger allergies in infants consuming. Not to mention if there is contamination of bacteria or other germs during storage, babies consuming it could have a deadly infection.

Regulations of Ministry of health of China, breast milk is classified as a special food or beverage that can be treated and sold.

June 15, 2011 by: Jane category: children and baby's health

Evidence that breast milk has high efficiency is that it is able to prevent the potential deaths due to the sudden death of the infant or SID. A study shows that breastfeeding provides a shield for the baby against risk.

"Breastfeeding is the best method to give the babies," said Dr. Fern Hauck, senior researcher at the school of the University of Virgnia of medicine in Charlottesville, in accordance with the Pediatrics online.

The phenomenon of sudden death (SID) in infants can not be explained. Usually, these deaths occur when babies are sleeping and occur in less than a year old infants, especially four months old infants. According to the National Institutes of Health of United States, Sid kills more than 2,500 babies to the United States each year.

Said Hauck theory causes SID is because the baby sleeps with their face or his head covered, not to turn their head, or cry as more babies and dies slowly. World Health Organization recommends that mothers breastfeed their babies for the first six months of their lives.

Hauck and other researchers combine their study of mothers and babies who died and did not die and he combined with the other 18 studies of breastfeeding. The result showed that the rate of SIDS are 60% lower for babies who consumed milk than those who do not. And more than 70% lower in infants who have breastfed exclusively - without any formula milk - for any period of time. "Breast milk helps protect babies of sudden death," he concludes.

Although they have not found the exact cause, they simply believe the relationship of breastfeeding with SID. "We found a protective effect even after the factors that might explain the link," said Hauck.