Breast milk might not be the new Slim Fast for the stroller set. A new paper suggests breastfeeding might not greatly reduce risk of childhood obesity. Yes, a study that questions one of the oft-hyped benefits of breast milk. Note it on your calendar. Note too that the media ignored …
You know breastfeeding is sacred and beyond the lens of scientific objectivity when one of our most respected science writers doesn’t seriously critique a study purported to show further “benefits” of breastfeeding. Even Carl Zimmer cannot resist the lure of lactation. At the risk of once again losing out on …
Did you catch the recent U.K. study questioning whether women should exclusively breastfeed for six months? Before anyone gets too excited, the authors still recommend breastfeeding for at least a year or until the child spits out the boob. The authors still recommend exclusive breastfeeding but suggest 4 months might be better …
Hold on to your chi chis, we now have a study, a published study, showing a downside to breastmilk. True it involves donor milk bought at milk-sharing websites (as opposed to milk banks). Still, some brave soul not only dared looked at the microbes floating around donor milk but gathered the …
A little infant formula might help women breastfeed longer. A new study in Pediatrics showed newborns given small amounts of supplemental formula in the first days of life breastfed exclusively for longer than those given just breastmilk. Whaaatttt? Formula helped breastfeeding? No it’s not a typo. Just a bit of nuance in …