Should I feed my Baby Sticks of Butter? - Part 2
Carnivore diets, high fat diets and sticks of butter as baby food? Let's unpack this!
The Daily Dollop with Kate Freeman · Ayla Health
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Show Notes
On this episode of The Daily Dollop we're diving into the topic of feeding babies an animal-based diet. Frequently pushed by the carnivore community, who claim that babies need 50% of their diets to be fat, this advice is causing controversy, Let's unpack it.
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