Sandy Hrycuik Ellert

Wife, Mom of 4 beautiful kids, love my job, love life, great to be from Saskatchewan!

[Brad Wall @BradWall306]

Where’s the outrage from Libs and the left who purport to be all about women’s rights, human rights? Your Cda. voted for this. A young western Cdn songwriter I kinda know wrote the lyrics “I’m just crying here…cryin’ for my country. Somewhere we got lost along the way.” Apt

[Sandy Hrycuik Ellert @KuffnerSandy]

Unbelievable

[Sandy Hrycuik Ellert @KuffnerSandy]

@Texas_jeep__guy Oh my god!!!

[Andrew Scheer @AndrewScheer]

We don’t need complicated MOUs.

We don’t need new bureaucracies paying insiders millions to push papers around.

To build big energy projects that create jobs and earn Canada billions:

We need this 👇

[Candice Bergen Harris @CandiceBergen_]

Much has been said about the @PierrePoilievre interview with @joerogan. But this one is also impressive, revealing the intelligence, focus and humility those of us who know Pierre well have seen and which continues to grow & develop. And as a stickler for posture- I love that Pierre knows how to sit up straight and tall- no slouching! 😄👍

[Shaughn.SGT(ret) @PrairieVeteran]

Canada's PM @MarkJCarney went on an anti-Conservative talk show in the US and trash talked someone he works with. Liberals laughed and laughed.

He could have chose the high road.😒

When @PierrePoilievre goes on an American talk show, he could have done the same. He didn't. He DID chose the high road.

There is a difference between Liberals and Conservatives.

[Saskatchewan Party @SaskParty]

The NDP’s Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Week

[Sandy Hrycuik Ellert @KuffnerSandy]

@PrairieVeteran @BradWall306 @MarkJCarney @PierrePoilievre So sad.

[Sandy Hrycuik Ellert @KuffnerSandy]

@elonmusk Death penalty - our justice system is a disgrace.

[Sandy Hrycuik Ellert @KuffnerSandy]

@Kagan_M_Dunlap 🙏🏻

[GP Q @argosaki]

BREASTMILK
She thought she was studying milk.
What she uncovered was a conversation.

In 2008, evolutionary anthropologist Katie Hinde was working in a primate research lab in California, analyzing breast milk from rhesus macaque mothers. She had hundreds of samples and thousands of data points. Everything looked ordinary—until one pattern refused to go away.

Mothers raising sons produced milk richer in fat and protein.
Mothers raising daughters produced a larger volume with different nutrient balances.

It was consistent. Repeatable. And deeply uncomfortable for the scientific consensus.

Colleagues suggested error. Noise. Statistical coincidence.
But Katie trusted the data.

And the data pointed to a radical idea.

Milk is not just nutrition.
It is information.

For decades, biology treated breast milk as simple fuel. Calories in. Growth out. But if milk were only calories, why would it change depending on the sex of the baby?

Katie kept digging.

Across more than 250 mothers and over 700 sampling events, the story grew more complex. Younger, first-time mothers produced milk with fewer calories but significantly higher levels of cortisol—the stress hormone.

The babies who drank it grew faster.
They were also more alert, more cautious, more anxious.

Milk wasn’t just building bodies.
It was shaping behavior.

Then came the discovery that changed everything.

When a baby nurses, microscopic amounts of saliva flow back into the breast. That saliva carries biological signals about the infant’s immune system. If the baby is getting sick, the mother’s body detects it.

Within hours, the milk changes.

White blood cells surge.
Macrophages multiply.
Targeted antibodies appear.

When the baby recovers, the milk returns to baseline.

This was not coincidence.
It was call and response.

A biological dialogue refined over millions of years. Invisible—until someone thought to listen.

As Katie reviewed existing research, she noticed something unsettling. There were twice as many scientific studies on erectile dysfunction as on breast milk composition.

The first food every human consumes.
The substance that shaped our species.
Largely ignored.

So she did something bold.

She launched a blog with a deliberately provocative name: Mammals Suck Milk.
It exploded. Over a million readers in its first year. Parents. Doctors. Scientists. People asking questions research had skipped.

The discoveries kept coming.

Milk changes by time of day.
Foremilk differs from hindmilk.
Human milk contains over 200 oligosaccharides babies can’t digest—because they exist to feed beneficial gut bacteria.
Every mother’s milk is biologically unique.

In 2017, Katie brought this work to a TED stage. In 2020, it reached a global audience through Netflix’s Babies. Today, at Arizona State University’s Comparative Lactation Lab, she continues reshaping how medicine understands infant development, neonatal care, formula design, and public health.

The implications are staggering.

Milk has been evolving for more than 200 million years—longer than dinosaurs walked the Earth. What we once dismissed as simple nourishment is one of the most sophisticated communication systems biology has ever produced.

Katie Hinde didn’t just study milk.
She revealed that nourishment is intelligence.
A living, responsive system shaping who we become before we ever speak.

All because one scientist refused to accept that half the story was “measurement error.”

Sometimes the biggest revolutions begin by listening to what everyone else ignores.

[Sandy Hrycuik Ellert @KuffnerSandy]

@sunlorrie @WBrettWilson Skate Canada so disappointing.

[Sandy Hrycuik Ellert @KuffnerSandy]

@ThomasSowell Unbelievable…. How uneducated some Americans are.

[JayGen 𝕏 er🇨🇦 @JayGenXer]

Just another day of the much needed Doctors and Engineers that Liberals brought in droves into Canada enriching our Country

Thank you Liberals!

[Sandy Hrycuik Ellert @KuffnerSandy]

@RBReich Don Cherry
Who made that happen?

[Scott Moe @PremierScottMoe]

I was pleased to have the opportunity to meet with Prime Minister @MarkJCarney and representatives from the canola industry during a roundtable.

Our discussions were focused on finding real solutions for Saskatchewan’s canola producers, and for producers across our country who continue to face uncertainty in international markets.

We highlighted the critical role canola plays in our economy and the livelihoods of thousands of farm families.

The message was clear: our producers need stability, access to markets, and strong federal support as we work together to resolve trade challenges.

I appreciate the Prime Minister’s commitment to engaging directly on this issue, and I will continue to stand up for Saskatchewan producers to ensure their voices are heard and their interests protected.

[Greg Ottenbreit @GregOttenbreit]

Next weekend ✈️

[Sandy Hrycuik Ellert @KuffnerSandy]

@BradWall306 Fantastic!

[Sandy Hrycuik Ellert @KuffnerSandy]

@therealmrbench 💯

[Sandy Hrycuik Ellert @KuffnerSandy]

@Brink_Thinker Awesome!