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Is it safe to take branched chain amino acids and/or creatine as a training supplement while breastfeeding my 3.5 year old? thank you.

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Isn't a problem: This is the equivalent of selective nutrition and the breast has a way of extracting what baby needs and leaving the rest behind.

Answered 12/21/2020

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