Brand Manager for Nestl� Nutrition Ghana, Grace Nkrumah, has debunked speculations by some nursing mothers that breastfeeding ends up deforming their breasts.
Grace Nkrumah, who was speaking to a team of journalists in Accra hinted, �Breastfeeding does not deform the breasts of women in any way. With the right breastfeeding postures and the right types of brassiere everything will be fine.� According to her, breast milk is a unique diet that protects babies from infections and diseases.
Breast milk is widely acknowledged as the most complete form of nutrition for infants, with a wide range of health benefits for babies.
Nestl� Ghana has successfully produced a millet brand of cerelac which had been fortified with iron, specifically for infants.
She urged Ghanaian women to have a six month period of exclusive breastfeeding plan before adding on Nestl�s cerelac as a complementary food. �It is not advisable for women to replace breast milk with cerelac or any other product before the six months period. Breastfeeding helps build a strong physical and emotional bond between mother and baby,� she said.
The new millet-made cerelac would be available for infants and the general public after the unveiling event on Wednesday. �Some of us still don�t consider cerelac as baby food because most people still enjoy the product and that is not a problem at all.�
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