Synopsis
Michael examines the chemical makeup of breast milk to see what nutrition babies are being provided with.
- Programme: The Secrets of Your Food
- Episode: We Are What We Eat
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2017
- Health & Social Care | Nutritional Health | Understand concepts of nutritional health and characteristics of essential nutrients
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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