Welcome to Sex, Body and Soul. I'm Kate Roberts, founder of the Body Agency, and on this show,

we talk about the marvel that is our bodies and souls, what they can do and what we need to thrive.

You out there, listen up. We have some pretty hard but juicy conversations here, and you need to hear this.

Let's go.

Why is breast human milk considered a superfood?

Well, this is the life's work of Dr. Lars Bird

who is dedicated to researching the benefits of human milk

at the Human Milk Institute.

And this show, we discussed breastfeeding myths and science, how breast milk can cure

diseases and all the other ways that human milk is truly a superfood.

Dr. Lars Bode, welcome to the show.

Thank you so much for having me, Kate.

Tell me, where does that accent come from?

I'm German originally. I lived in the UK, came to San Diego, and it's now a mix of all give you cats and things.

Okay. Well, I am very curious. It's not often that you get to talk about human milk.

Very curious as how you made it your career.

Yeah, that's a long story. I can give you the professional version.

The official version is that, well, it's not really the official version, but as a teenager,

I was very much into sports and athletics and weightlifting.

And for me, the question was always, how can I improve my performance through national

ways through nutrition?

So how can I, you know, improve my nutrition I improve my nutrition to be better performing in the gym?

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