eli5: why isn’t formula milk just formulated to be better than breastmilk?
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Nutritionally, formula is just as good as breast milk. That’s pretty straightforward when it comes to fats, sugars, vitamins, etc.
The main advantage of breastmilk is that it can pass antibodies and other immune system components from mother to baby to help reinforce the baby’s immune system while it’s still very young. That’s chemically much more complex, and not really feasible to replicate in formula.
Overall though, formula is totally fine if that’s the best option for mom and baby.
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