Can babies and toddlers drink almond milk?

Ideally, babies should not be given milks other than breast milk until their first birthday.

From mother to baby: ‘Secondhand sugars’ can pass through breast milk

Add breast milk to the list of foods and beverages that contain fructose, a sweetener linked to health issues ranging from obesity to diabetes.

Low zinc levels may suggest potential breast-feeding problems

Zinc levels in breast milk may be able to serve as an indicator of breast function during lactation, according to Penn State health researchers.In previous studies, Shannon L.

Factors in breast milk may play a role in transmission of obesity

A new study suggests the road to obesity may be paved with non-nutritious carbohydrates in breast milk, shifting popular notions about how and why children grow to become overweight adults.

Has breast milk become an Internet commodity, and not just for infants?

The practice of breast milk sharing among mothers has evolved into an Internet-based marketplace in which this valuable commodity is being bought and sold not only to feed babies, but as a “natural…

Breast milk shared to help babies via online and offline communities

Sharing breast milk to feed babies is a practice dating back millennia, and the Internet has facilitated the process creating some surprising exchanges.

Researchers reveal how breast milk protects against severe intestinal disease in preterm infants

Johns Hopkins researchers have found breast milk protects preterm babies against an intestinal disease called necrotizing enterocolitis, thanks to a protein called EGF.

Cow’s milk found in human breast milk purchased online

Researchers have found significant levels of bovine DNA in breast milk samples purchased via the Internet, suggesting that cow’s milk may have been added to human milk.

Digestive brilliance of breast milk unravelled

Scientists have discovered that human breast milk forms into highly organised structures during digestion in the body.

Baby formula poses higher arsenic risk to newborns than breast milk, Dartmouth study shows

In the first U.S. study of urinary arsenic in babies, Dartmouth College researchers found that formula-fed infants had higher arsenic levels than breast-fed infants, and that breast milk itself…

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