Changes in Human Milk Fat Globule Composition Throughout Lactation: A Review.

ABSTRACT: There has been a growing interest in understanding how the relative levels of human milk fat globule (MFG) components change over the course of lactation, how they differ between populations, and implications of these changes for the health of the infant. In this article, we describe studies published over the last 30 years which have investigated components of the MFG in term milk, focusing on changes over the course of lactation and highlighting infant and maternal factors that may influence these changes. We then consider how the potential health benefits of some of the milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) components and derived ingredients relate to compositional and functional aspects and how these change throughout lactation. The results show that the concentrations of phospholipids, gan

SUBMITTER: Thum C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9137899 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature