Breast Milk, a Source of Beneficial Microbes and Associated Benefits for Infant Health
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Human breast milk is considered the optimum feeding regime for newborn infants due to its ability to provide complete nutrition and many bioactive health factors. Breast feeding is associated with improved infant health and immune development, less incidences ...
The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/nucifera-noten on 2024-10-04 18:31:31.

Original Title: TIL that during breastfeeding, a baby’s saliva can flow back into the mother’s breast, signaling her body to adjust the milk’s immune components to meet the baby’s specific needs, through a mechanism known as “retrograde milk flow”