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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03449-4
TLDR: Babies born the natural way get beneficial gut microbes from their mother. Babies born by c-section miss out on this, which can lead to various immune disorders. This article is about new research showing that mixing a bit of the mother's poo into milk for the baby can grant them these beneficial microbes. Still a very new technique, though, and nobody should be trying this at home.
Baltzdelirium
We know that poop infusions do this. I guess it's just been put to paper for babies?
dashcan
friendsofsandwiches
if it works for moles...
RonMimnaugh
RFK already getting the good stuff out there.
verone3784
dancingbarefootonlego
I’m kinda glad I didn’t know about this when I had the C-section for my twins. I was told the colostrum in my “preemie milk” was good for their immune systems.
enheru
The koala method.
schrodingerscatfood
Chlamydia for your offspring.
OhIfIMust
wobblecopterrrr
"but they did try it at home." -disappointed narrator
Felberin
Yeah... I could totally see this becoming the new pee drinking or antivax movement. Maybe this needed more thoughtful way to be brought up. Trying to put emphasis on medical nature and how focus is not in the excrement but gut microbes.. :P
schrodingerscatfood
… and they had no idea what microdose is.
PaperinoVB
What about simply add a little bit of mixed cultured probiotics to the milk? Or maybe the fact that it's specifically the mother's bioma maker it better for the baby?
PaperinoVB
Oh, mea culpa. The point is already covered on the very last paragraph of the article.
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ifyoutakemeseriouslythatsonyou
That's mother nature for you. Quite disgusting a LOT of the time...
AmariaChan
Touchè, good thing i stay far away from her... she and i don't get along well... something about Leeches....
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Ah, I remember hearing about the microbe deficiency a few years ago - nice to see that they're finally getting closer to solving this issue. Even if I don't find the idea of a poo milkshake very appealing lol!
cyberimg
I think the official wording is: stool transplant/transfer
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
That does sound better lol!