why is breastmilk so valued?

Question

Why can’t we add all the nutrients that breastmilk has to normal cow milk the same way we add calcium or things like that?

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Answer 1

You can make a baby perfectly healthy on specific formula tailored for it. You can’t necessarily replicate the antibodies, bacterium and such that help the babies very new immune system learn of threats. If a mother gave birth to a baby and immediately abandoned it, they’d likely live a healthy life in the end with formula, but the mother’s milk makes that a little more likely.