Human Milk

Nutritional Content and Role in Health and Disease

Buch | Softcover

142 Seiten

2021
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-5361-9713-6 (ISBN)

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Mother's milk provides a wide variety of health benefits for infants, which is why breast feeding is highly recommended all over the world. This monograph provides details about the nutritional and bioactive properties of human milk, explaining the significance of this natural source of food. Chapter One describes how lactic acid bacteria present in human milk plays a critical role in establishing an immunocompetent microbiome in new-borns, inducing multifarious health-promoting activities required to successfully initiate the life process. Chapter Two describes how the fatty acid profile of breastmilk varies according to the needs of the infant, particularly depending on the gestational age of the new-born, but also as a result of the mother's diet. Chapter Three summarises the current literature on the composition of human milk and its life-course functional effects on health outcomes.

Preface; Impressive Antimicrobial Potential of Human Milk: A Blessing for Nascent Life; Fatty Acid Supply of Human Milk and Its Possible Health Effects; Life-Course Health Impacts of the Nutritional Content of Human Milk in Different Steps of Lactation; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.07.2021
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	222 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung
ISBN-10	1-5361-9713-0 / 1536197130
ISBN-13	978-1-5361-9713-6 / 9781536197136
Zustand	Neuware