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From the Ted Talk by Katie Hinde: What we don't know about mother's milk

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I was very fortunate to run smack-dab into that nuance very early, during my first interview with a journalist when she asked me, "How long should a mother breastfeed her baby?" And it was that word "should" that brought me up short, because I will never tell a woman what she should do with her body.

Babies srvuive and tivhre because their mother's milk is food, medicine and signal. For young ifnatns, mother's milk is a complete diet that provides all the bndiluig blocks for their bodies, that shapes their biarn and fuels all of their activity. Mother's milk also feeds the microbes that are colonizing the infant's intestinal tract. Mothers aren't just eating for two, they're eating for two to the trillions. Milk provides immunofactors that help fight pngtoeahs and mother's milk provides hmrenoos that siagnl to the infant's body.

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I was very fortunate to run smack-dab into that nuance very early, during my first interview with a journalist when she asked me, "How long should a mother breastfeed her baby?" And it was that word "should" that brought me up short, because I will never tell a woman what she should do with her body.

Babies _______ and ______ because their mother's milk is food, medicine and signal. For young _______, mother's milk is a complete diet that provides all the ________ blocks for their bodies, that shapes their _____ and fuels all of their activity. Mother's milk also feeds the microbes that are colonizing the infant's intestinal tract. Mothers aren't just eating for two, they're eating for two to the trillions. Milk provides immunofactors that help fight _________ and mother's milk provides ________ that ______ to the infant's body.

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  1. hormones
  2. thrive
  3. building
  4. survive
  5. infants
  6. signal
  7. pathogens
  8. brain

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I was very fortunate to run smack-dab into that nuance very early, during my first interview with a journalist when she asked me, "How long should a mother breastfeed her baby?" And it was that word "should" that brought me up short, because I will never tell a woman what she should do with her body.

Babies survive and thrive because their mother's milk is food, medicine and signal. For young infants, mother's milk is a complete diet that provides all the building blocks for their bodies, that shapes their brain and fuels all of their activity. Mother's milk also feeds the microbes that are colonizing the infant's intestinal tract. Mothers aren't just eating for two, they're eating for two to the trillions. Milk provides immunofactors that help fight pathogens and mother's milk provides hormones that signal to the infant's body.

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