Im not sure if anyone has asked this question on here. I've been looking through the literature on this but Im about to have a child soon and I have average running genes.
Does breast milk or formula matter in producing distance runners?
If any elite runners could chime in ,and put if they were breast-fed or formula would be great. I know this might sound silly and all its just what if there something in breast milk for creating muscle cells that make your a better athlete compared to formula.
Souds like your child is going to grow up not having any issues with you. I hope you gave as much consideration in selecting your mate before you dunked the funk.
In the context of all the other things influencing ultimate ability, this doesn't matter.
Being breast fed makes you smarter. This is a proven correlation. If you think about it, if giving your body what it needs to grow properly will make you smarter, it will most probably also make you more athletic. (If nothing else, a better brain means better coordination, which is actually necessary in running).
If you aren't a troll, then I suspect you might turn into one of those crazed sports parents. What if your kid doesn't want to be runner? It's okay to encourage them to try things but if you think you are going to raise the kid to be the next olympic gold medalist in the 5k then you are a moron. However, triathlon is a decent option because it excludes most of the population financially from being competitive in it, and if you do choose to be a crazy sports parent you can sign your kid up for swimming lessons early and get them into a kids tri-club. I say go that route. Or get them involved in any other sport limited to rich white people.
I am not trolling but looking for honest answers. Yeah we all know the Halls, Gouchers, Ritz's have great genetics. But what if breast milk or formula at birth did something to the muscle cells as growing up. Im sure the East Africans don't have formula.
And to the posters trying to make me a jackass of a dad. Im not thinking allright my kids gonna be a runner from day one. Its just giving my child the best advantage possible from day one to be an athlete if they choose to be one.
I told my wife about this post and she laughed. But if you really think about it and be serious there has to be some valid conclusion if formula is just as good as breast milk for producing athletes. Im not saying its the only reason but I would like to think it optimizes there chances to be better.
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