Podcast HackWhat Milk Does for BabiesBy The Joy of Why, Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin, Elizabeth Johnson
In a Nutshell
In this April 2024 episode of The Joy of Why podcast, co-host Steven Strogatz meets with Elizabeth Johnson, a molecular nutritionist at Cornell University, to talk about the role milk plays in infant health and development.
Favorite Quote
Milk is more than just a food for babies. Breast milk has evolved to deliver thousands of diverse molecules including growth factors, hormones, and antibodies, as well as microbes.
Steven Strogatz
Introduction
Milk is the first nutritive substance an infant will consume outside the womb. Whether it comes from a lactating parent, a wet nurse, or as formula, the impact milk has on an infant's development is profound.
Elizabeth Johnson is a professor at Cornell University and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Freeman Hrabowski Scholar studying the effects of nutrition on the infant gut microbiome.
In this April 2024 episode of The Joy of Why podcast, co-host Steven Strogatz meets with Johnson to talk about milk — the things we know and the things we are still learning about this miraculous substance.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
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