Breastfeeding Nutritional Benefits for Infants

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There is widespread acceptance of the importance of human milk's composition. Recognizing its numerous special qualities, HMS manufacturers frequently utilize human milk as the benchmark.

Human milk gives a baby the best nutrition possible because of its dynamic composition and proper nutrient balance. Human milk contain micronutrient and macronutrient that need for the baby. No other animal milk or HMS comes near to meeting new-born requirements for growth and development as closely as human milk does in terms of nutrient balance. Since human milk is isosmotic (has a similar ion concentration to plasma in this instance), it satisfies an infant's nutritional needs in the absence of additional food or water. The infant's requirements for protein are met by breast milk, which has a relatively lower protein concentration than cow's milk does without overloading the developing kidneys with nitrogen. Human milk's whey protein creates a curd that is soft and simple to consume.

Significant levels of lipids, including medium-chain triglycerides, cholesterol, essential fatty acids, and saturated fatty acids, are present in human milk. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which supports the best possible development of the central brain system, is a long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid present in human milk but only present in some HMS sold in the US but not all. To increase their availability and better meet new-born needs while putting less strain on maternal reserves, minerals in breast milk are primarily protein bound and balanced.

Those are some nutritional benefits in breastfeeding for infants.

References

Brown, J. E., 2016. Nutrition Through the Life Cycle. In: J. E. Brown, ed. Nutrition Through the Life Cycle. United States of America : s.n., pp. 169-170.

 

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