I think, therefore I am (skeptical)
Something strange has happened to me since beginning this blogging/book writing/documentary making journey. I’ve become a pigheaded skeptic. I can’t seem to read any study without an intensely critical...
View ArticleMammary Mania: Podcast approaches lactation science as the science it should be
I just listened to a podcast of a fascinating interview about breastmilk, courtesy of Skeptically Speaking. Interviewer Desiree Schell spoke with Dr. Katie Hinde, an Assistant Professor of Human...
View ArticleThe two headed chimera of infant feeding studies
It’s been a crazy week here, and I was really hoping to pull some pithy, short post out of the exhausted recesses of my brain. So when a study came across the wire touting extended formula feeding as a...
View ArticleBreastfeeding might not protect kids from obesity. So what?
The past few days have produced a flurry of articles on how breastfeeding may not protect against obesity. You’d think I’d be shouting an obnoxiously loud DUH or TOLD YOU SO. Instead, I want to poke my...
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