Human Milk Composition

Human milk composition: effect of premature birth and milk volume.

Human milk: composition and health benefits.

Breastfeeding is widely acknowledged as the normal and unequalled method for feeding infants due to its associated health benefits, both for the infant and the mother. The World Health Organization recommends that infants are exclusively breastfed up to the completion of six months of age, with  breastfeeding continuing to be an important part of the diet until the infant is at least two years ...

Fatty acid composition of Taiwanese human milk.

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to analyze quantitatively the fatty acid composition of the milk of Taiwanese women. METHODS Two hundred and sixty-nine human milk specimens were obtained from 240 Taiwanese mothers, aged 19-41 years, and subjected to chromatographic analysis. RESULTS Milk specimens were pooled by the mothers' districts of residence and lactation stages, at 0-11 days...

Amino acid composition of human milk.

The fundamental importance of human milk in infant nutrition makes it desirable to have available as complete information as possible on the amounts of amino acids contributed to the diet from this source (Williamson (l), Block and Bolling (2, 3), and Macy (4)). In the present study, hydrolysates of human milk have been analyzed by ion exchange chromatography (Moore and Stein (5)) as applied in...

Milk nutritional composition and its role in human health.

Dairy and milk consumption are frequently included as important elements in a healthy and balanced diet. It is the first food for mammals and provides all the necessary energy and nutrients to ensure proper growth and development, being crucial in respect to bone mass formation. However, several controversies arise from consumption of dairy and milk products during adulthood, especially because...