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> My first thought whenever I see soylent is that we have > studies proving that we can't replace breast milk with > baby formula I was under the impre
by peteretep 11y ago
> My first thought whenever I see soylent is that we have
> studies proving that we can't replace breast milk with
> baby formula
I was under the impression that there are many women who - for various reasons - can't breast feed. Are there any credible studies showing their infants have worse health outcomes?
- csarva 11y agoIt's still a commonly held belief but a recent study concluded there may be no difference at all: http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/02/27/breast_feeding_study_benefits_of_breast_over_bottle_have_been_exaggerated.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/02/27/breast_feedi...
- ArtDev 11y agoA ton of research has been put into this. No matter how much formula companies try to spin it, the results are very clear: infact formula is very suboptimal: impact on future health http://jn.nutrition.org/content/138/9/1782S.full http://jn.nutrition.org/content/138/9/1782S.full impact on allergies http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12839115 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12839115 Now, what does this have to do with Soylent and adult nutrition? Not much.