Guest: Dr. Stephanie Canale, Doctor & Founder, Lactation Lab
- Describe how factors like diet, stress, and health affect the composition of breast milk
- List two things that mothers who are struggling with breastfeeding, can do for nutritional support, mental health, and self-care
- Explain how breastmilk is tested for different nutrient levels in breast milk, such as vitamins, fats, proteins, and carbohydrates
About Dr. Stephanie Canale
Dr. Stephanie Canale is from Montreal, Canada and earned her undergraduate and medical degrees from McGill University. She completed her residency training in Family Medicine at UCLA. After medical residency, she joined the teaching faculty at the UCLA Family Health Center, where she practiced for 15 years. Dr. Canale is a Member of the American Board of Family Medicine. In 2021, she left UCLA and her practice to focus on Lactation Lab. Lactation Lab was born out of a personal need to understand what was in her breast milk; she in turn wanted to help mothers optimize their milk and baby’s nutrition. Years of testing milk and finding arsenic and lead in mother’s milk has led to the launch of Emily’s Care, an FDA approved Breakthrough device which is a point of care human milk macronutrient test to enable precise fortification. She is married with two children and despite loving the weather in Southern California still enjoys winter sports such as skiing and playing ice hockey.Connect with Dr. Canale
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Financial Disclosure:
Dr. Stephanie Canale is the CEO and Founder of Lactation Lab, a for-profit company. She is also the inventor of Emily’s Care Nourish Test System, an FDA breakthrough-designated and cleared device that determines human milk composition using chemistry-based methods rather than infrared spectroscopy.
Conflict of Interest Resolution:
This podcast episode has been reviewed by the Nursing CE Provider, who has determined that Dr. Canale presented the content solely for educational purposes and without bias or financial influence.