if you are a geek and enjoy lots of oddball information then yes this is a great read.
i was only going to flip through it last night but instead i stayed up the whole night reading it.
there was only a tiny bit about breastfeeding.
she showed the bias towards bfeeding even amongst lactivist and showed how scientists refuse to put money into studying the milk.
it was sad to read what happened before formula came along.
lots of little interesting facts.
she is not in your face that breastfeeding is the best. she even quotes that 2009 article was it in teh Atlantic Enquirer about against bfeeding and she pretty much agrees with it in a logical fashion. but what she does do is lay the facts about sugars and bacteria and why there are so many milk banks in other western countries, how some hospitals have milk banks because mothers milk is still outstanding for preemie babies.
it is mostly scientific (easy rea). i still have a couple of chapters left and i am sad she only treats bfeeding from a nutrition perspective. not really considers other aspects too.
she brought up a really interesting point. seeing how big breasts are and what they do to the body - male and female she is shocked (and so am i) that there is still no specialization in the breast. every other main organ even the skin has specialists. not the breast.
easy read. casual. good research. missed on cultural viewpoints though.
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