Breast milk is the perfect nutrition for infants, a result of millions of years of evolution, finely
attuning it to the requirements of the infant. Breast milk contains many complex proteins …

The assembly of the newborn's gut microbiota during the first months of life is an
orchestrated process resulting in specialized microbial ecosystems in the different gut …

Palmitic acid (PA) is ubiquitously present in dietary fat guaranteeing an average intake of
about 20 g/d. The relative high requirement and relative content in the human body, which …

Dietary triacylglycerols (TAGs) are the major lipid components in the human diet and they
are carriers of energy as well as important fatty acids. Many factors affect the digestion and …

Lipid extraction preceding fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) preparation for gas
chromatography is time‐consuming and cumbersome. We omitted the lipid extraction and …

I have reviewed recent (March 1995–December 1997) papers on human milk lipids
including many on fatty acid (FA) composition. The effects of maternal diets on the profiles …

Early nutrition has an enormous influence on a child's physiological function, immune
system maturation, and cognitive development. Human breast milk (HBM) is recognized as …

Background: Mothers selectively transfer docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to their fetuses to
support optimal neurological development during pregnancy. Without sufficient dietary …

Human milk TG are a remarkable example of stereo-specific positioning of fatty acids with
structures that are highly conserved and unusual. Not only does human milk contain high …

The incidence of breastfeeding rose from about 23% in 1970 to 58% in 1983. 45 The
resurgence in breastfeeding was accompanied, belatedly, by an increase in research on the …