Human Milk is the Human Norm - Jennifer Grayson #134

ReWild Yourself

Daniel Vitalis

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2017

⏱️ 149 minutes

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Summary

"Scientists mapped the human genome a decade ago, but we still haven’t mapped what’s in human milk.” —Jennifer Grayson

Jennifer Grayson — breastfeeding mother and author of Unlatched: The Evolution of Breastfeeding and the Making of a Controversy — has made it her mission to find out how & why we've moved away from breastfeeding as a society and to identify what needs to happen for human milk to once again become the human norm.

In this eye-opening conversation, Jennifer takes us on a journey through the timeline of our attempts to re-create breastmilk and the industrialization of feeding our babies. While breastfeeding has been making a comeback in the last few years, this natural, ancestral practice is still considered controversial and taboo in our society, and Jennifer shares what we can do to help normalize breastfeeding once again. From the sexualization of breasts to the risks of not breastfeeding to the lack of societal support for breastfeeding women, we cover a lot of ground in this interview. Tune in for an education on our first and most fundamental experience as human beings.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN:

Show introduction:
- Exciting announcement: New T-shirt/Sticker “I’d Rather Hunt + Gather”!
- How to win a free “I’d Rather Hunt + Gather” T-shirt/Sticker
- Roadkill as a way to eat wild meat
- Q&A: Creating space for rewilding practice in a world set out to enslave and dominate our time
- Q&A: Thoughts on coffee/stimulants in general
- Q&A: Interviewing guests from a hunter-gatherer/indigenous background on the show
The importance of the topic of breastfeeding
When did we start moving away from breastfeeding?
The phenomena of the wet nurse
Industrialization of feeding human babies
The timeline of our attempts to re-create human breastmilk
Why it’s difficult for some women to breastfeed
Benefits of breastfeeding
Modern day vs anthropological norms for breastfeeding length of time
The sexualization of breastfeeding
Breastfeeding in public
How to make breastfeeding the norm in the United States
How can we help as individuals to make breastfeeding the norm
Is it inevitable that human milk will become the human norm?
Jennifer's prognosis for the future of the human species

Transcript

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0:30.0	I'm your host Daniel Vitalis and this show is brought to you by Sir Thrival.com.
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