BACKGROUND Soy formula containing estrogenic isoflavones is widely used in the United States. Infants consuming soy formula exclusively have high isoflavone exposures. We wanted to study whether soy formula prolonged the physiologic estrogenization of newborns, but available quantitative descriptions of the natural history of breast and genital development are inadequate for study design. OBJ...

In addition to meeting nutritional requirements, breast milk plays important roles in biodefense for nursing infants. Dioxins have been detected at high concentrations in breast milk, raising concerns about disorders in nursing infants caused by breast milk containing dioxins in Japan. We analyzed dioxin levels in breast milk and maternal blood samples from 35 pregnant women in Japan. We also m...

background: breast milk is important for the overall well-being of infants. although lactation is relatively robust in the face of poor nutrition, the implication of poor nutrition on non-nutritive factors in breast milk is inconclusive. objective: this study was designed to find associations between nutritional and immune factors in maternal blood and breast milk with the aim to improve the ne...

Complementary care in intervention of breastfeeding problems is currently being carried out a lot, one which the massage method. The method considered effective and easy to do tackling problems, especially increase breast milk production. objective study was find complementary interventions with methods research used literature reviews related using electronic database. databases were Google Sc...

Human milk contains all of the constituents that are required for the optimal growth and development of a neonate. It supports the development of brain, immune, and physiological systems. This study aimed to consider the significance of breast milk in preventing oxidative stress by comparing total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in breast and formula milk for premature infants, demonstrating the rel...

Fanos V. Metabolomics, milk-oriented microbiota (MOM) and multipotent stem cells: the future of research on breast milk. Editorial " ... divine honours cannot be given to the children of Zeus, except for those who suck Hera's milk; thus it is said that Hermes took Heracles, just-born on Olympus, and put him near her breast so that he could suck. When Hera realised this, she pushed him away and ...

BACKGROUND Chronic arsenic exposure causes a wide range of health effects, but little is known about critical windows of exposure. Arsenic readily crosses the placenta, but the few available data on postnatal exposure to arsenic via breast milk are not conclusive. AIM Our goal was to assess the arsenic exposure through breast milk in Bangladeshi infants, living in an area with high prevalence...

objective: sufficient intakes of docosahexaenoic acid (dha) via breast milk are required for optimizing visual and neural development at early stages of life. little or no information is available on dha intakes and levels found in breast milk in iranian women and surrounding regions. in this study we measure the dha in the breast milk of lactating iranian women from low and high – fish-eating ...