Judy Hopkinson, assistant professor at the Children's Nutrition Research Center at the Baylor College of Medicine, has observed, "Breast milk is really primarily an immune booster. We think of it as nutrition, but it is really integral to the immune system."
Approximately 80 percent of the cells in breast milk are macrophages, cells that kill viruses, fungi and bacteria. Breastfed babies "receive maternal antibodies in the milk that reduce the risk of ear infections and diarrhea, as well as urinary and intestinal infections."
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you'd probably enjoy listening to the two podcasts (and each has two parts) by Dr.Stephen Buescher here
http://www.llli.org/mp3/podcast.xml
He's an entertaining and passionate speaker!
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