"Recent studies have shown that hydrochloric acid - used to digest most protein - doesn't even appear in the stomach until the end of the seventh month and doesn't reach a peak until the eighteenth month. Coincidentally, 18 months is approximately when rennin - used to digest the protein in breast milk - has disappeared. Also, it seems that ptyalin, the digestive juice for carbohydrates, doesn't appear until the end of the baby's first year. (The earliest books on baby care always recommended that mothers pre-chew any solid food.)" - Dr. George Wootan
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