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Fed is Best for neonatal health and nutrition

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English - March 06, 2024 11:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MB
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Active risks to children's health come in many shapes and sizes. While misinformation and bad advice won't turn up in a blood test, it can have just as damaging consequences as any infection.

Dr Christie del Castillo-Hegyi's research into child wellbeing and nutrition, in addition to her Fed Is Best Initiative, flies counter to a lot of the “received wisdom” new parents are given. Her cause is that babies get adequate care in their early development - a sentiment that is more controversial than it seems.

This episode includes discussion of maternal health, child malnutrition, medical trauma and child death. Listener discretion is advised.

Read the original research: https://doi.org/10.3390/children9091379

Pre-order the Fed Is Best book here: https://www.fedisbestbook.org/