Human milk beyond one year post-partum: lower content of protein, calcium, and saturated very long-chain fatty acids.
Maternal milk feeding for more than 1 year is encouraged by many health care authorities. We demonstrate that human milk beyond 1 year of lactation had a small but significantly lower concentration of protein, calcium, and long-chain saturated fatty acids compared with human milk at 3 months after delivery.
Shehadeh
Naim
N
Department of Pediatrics A, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Meyer Children's Hospital of Haifa, Haifa Public Health Laboratories, Israel Ministry of Health, Haifa, Israel. n_shehadeh@rambam.health.gov.il
Aslih
Nardin
N
Shihab
Shihab
S
Werman
Moshe J
MJ
Sheinman
Rivkah
R
Shamir
Raanan
R
D001942:Breast Feeding; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation / Q000502:physiology; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis; D008894:Milk Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
D005227:Fatty Acids; D008055:Lipids; D008894:Milk Proteins; D002118:Calcium