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The Milk of Life

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The History of Human Milk

Lawrence weaver is a pediatrician who wrote white blood, a history of human milk. He says memory glands were probably originally sweat glands that adapted to produce especial anti microbial coating for eggs. But then once these animals stopped producing eggs and switch mostly to pacentas, they started secreting a magical white liquid instead. Lawrence says that humans have in our blood all the nutrients we need to keep us alive and give us energy and defend ourselves against infections. Each species milk isn't jus tailored to the baby's needs - it's also tailored to the mother life style.

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