Maternal Diet and Milk Composition

摘要

Maternal diet during lactation has been under study for several years. As far as macronutrients are concerned, changes in protein and carbohydrate intake in the maternal diet do not produce any...significant changes in the composition of human milk. Some endogenous factors might be implicated in the homeostatic maintenance of the composition in order to provide the needed amount of nutrients to the neonates. (1) On the contrary, it has been largely shown that human milk lipid content is mainly related to factors such as maternal diet and adipose tissue catabolism,