Eating, Diet, Nutrition

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Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets (Vitamins, minerals, herbs and botanicals, probiotics, etc.)

Sections:

0:00 Intro, the role of the lactation consultant
05:25 Infant nutrition, diversity among lactation specialists, physical breastfeeding vs. feeding breastmilk
08:17 Social determinants, challenges for low socioeconomic and the highly educated, maternal advantages & benefits of breastfeeding
14:50 Infant advantages & benefits of breastfeeding
19:34Breastmilk vs. formula cost (both monetary and social)
23:11 Debriefing past trauma & why it's often uncomfortable to talk about breastfeeding, more neonatal benefits
27:53 Composition of human milk, immune properties, HIV considerations, positioning for bottle feeding
31:39 Tongue-tied babies, breast-shaped bottles, maternal mental health & the effect of stress on infants, breastmilk is best
41:21 Formula composition, cow milk vs. goat milk based, clever marketing, soy based formulas
50:29 The simplicity of supplementing with formula & it's effect on milk supply, the formula industrial complex, clever marketing
59:43 Baby friendly hospitals, informed consent, alternatives to breastfeeding, donor milk, synthetic milk
1:05:25 Milk production for multiples, pumping pros & cons, mastitis, temperament & personality in infants & beyond
1:14:58 The formula crisis, causes & possible solutions
1:18:40 Final thoughts, tying it all together, finding a lactation consultant