Milk Molecules That Matter: Human Milk Oligosaccharides in Infant Development with Dr. Lisa Renzi-Hammond

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This episode discusses the importance of human milk oligosaccharides in infant development with Dr. Lisa Renzi-Hammond.

The first months of life are a special time for the health development and protection of infants. Breastfeeding is the natural and best way of feeding an infant, and positively influences their development and health. Human milk provides the ideal balance of nutrients for the infant and contains countless bioactive ingredients such as immunoglobulins, hormones, oligosaccharides and others. Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are a very important and interesting constituent of human milk, and are the third most abundant solid component after lactose and lipids. Dr. Lisa Renzi Hammond is the Leonard W. Poon Professor for Innovation in Public Health at the University of Georgia in the United States, interdisciplinary group lead for Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, and founder of the Human Biofactors Laboratory. She is also Director of the University of Georgia College of Public Health’s Institute of Gerontology, a research institute that studies lifespan development, from infancy through older adulthood. Her latest project is the development of the Cognitive Aging Research and Education (CARE) Center at the University of Georgia – a state of the art facility dedicated to…

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Guest: Dr. Lisa Renzi-Hammond

Topics covered

• infant development
• breastfeeding
• human milk oligosaccharides
• bioactive ingredients
• neurodegenerative disease prevention

Keywords

• human milk
• oligosaccharides
• infant health
• breastfeeding benefits
• cognitive aging

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Georgia, Human Biofactors Laboratory, University of Georgia College of Public Health, Institute of Gerontology

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