Human milk is recommended as the optimal nutrient source for infants and is associated with several short- and long-term benefits for child health. When accepting that human milk is the optimal nutrition for healthy term infants, it should be possible to calculate the nutritional needs of these infants from the intake of human milk. These data can then be used to design the optimal composition ...

OBJECTIVE To compare an alternative method to the most probable number (MPN) test for the detection of total coliform present in manually expressed human milk. METHODS 343 samples of manually expressed human milk from flasks donated to the Human Milk Bank of Instituto Fernandes Figueira--IFF were sent to the Laboratory of Food Control of IFF. The samples were used for comparing both methods, ...

Milk is the most nourishing natural biofl uid. Milk bioactives contribute signifi cantly to meeting nutrient requirements while minimizing the risks of cancers, traumas, and metabolic complexities. Some mothers may not be able to feed their infants breast milk for a prolonged period. Very young infants and the elderly may be intolerant to cow milk and its proteins and cholesterol. Th us, viable...

Studies have shown that early anaemia of prematurity cannot be prevented by iron or vitamin supplementation. We studied 35 infants of birthweight less than 1520 g and mean gestational age 30.4 weeks who were fed either human milk alone or human milk supplemented with human milk protein. The vitamin and iron status were the same in both groups but the concentration of haemoglobin was significant...

Consumption of cow's milk in childhood is recommended in many countries. Cow's milk has a content of protein and minerals needed for growth with protein content about three times as high as the content in breast milk. Furthermore, the ratio between whey and casein is very different, 20/80 and 60/40 in cow's milk and human milk, respectively. In infant formula, both the amount and the whey/casei...

The objective of this paper was to determine the opportunities of improving milk productivity and altering the milk composition through nutritional interventions. The increase in the nutraceutical value of milk is expected through dietary modifications of the animal. Feeding high concentrate diets combined with dietary fat can be used to modify the FA profile of milk, without negative effect on...

Signer, E., Murphy, G. M., Edkins, S., and Anderson, C. M. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 174. Role of bile salts in fat malabsorption of premature infants. Eighteen premature infants were studied. 9 were fed with human milk and 9 with a modified cow's milk. Subsequent to a 72-hour fat balance, a duodenal intubation was performed on the 14th day of life. Total bile acids were det...

BACKGROUND Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) causes diarrhea, malnutrition and poor growth in children. Human breast milk decreases disease-causing bacteria by supplying nutrients and antimicrobial factors such as lysozyme. Goat milk with and without human lysozyme (HLZ) may improve the repair of intestinal barrier function damage induced by EAEC. This work investigates the effect of th...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Understanding human milk composition is critical for setting nutrient recommended intakes (RNIs) for both infants and lactating women. However, nationwide human milk composition remains unavailable in China. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN Through cross-sectional study, human milk samples from 11 provinces in China were collected and their compositions were analyzed. Nutrit...

fluoride is an essential element for human health. however, excess fluoride in drinking water may cause dental and/or skeletal fluorosis. drinking water is the main route of fluoride intake. the aim of the present study was to measure fluoride levels in human breast milk collected from two regions of golestan province, northern iran with different amount of fluoride concentration of drinking wa...