What Is in Milk? How Nutrition Influences the Developing Brain

Have you ever noticed that babies younger than 6 months only drink milk? This is because their digestive system is not quite developed enough to handle all the different foods and drinks that you can easily digest. You may have also noticed that babies cannot walk, talk, or read during that same time. This is partially because their brains also have not matured enough to let them do activities that you can easily do. The brain is growing very quickly at this time, so it is important to make sure babies are provided the best nutrition for brain growth. However, it is difficult to test babies; so our research looks at how different components in milk affect a piglet’s brain development, since pigs are much more similar to humans than you might have thought. This study shows that some components of milk may help the brain develop. RevIewed by: