MATURE HUMAN MILK
COW’S MILK / BUFFALO’S MILK
• About 89% (83% for buffalo’s milk) & solids 11%. • About 20 Kcal/oz or 67 Kcal/L (100 Kcal/L for buffalo’s milk). • 1.5%: • 3.5% / 3.5%: o 60% whey proteins (largely • The cow’s milk ratio is reversed to lactalbumins). 20%:80% with 6 fold ↑in casein. o 40% casein (forms a fine curd). • Casein forms a big tough curd. • 4.5% / 4.5%. CARBOHYDRATES • 7%. • Lactose (in breast milk): 1. Helps the absorption of calcium. 2. Provides galactose for formation of galactolipids necessary for brain development. • 4% (varies with maternal diet). • 4% / 7.5%. FATS • 1.3% of which is volatile fatty acids (e.g. • 9% of which is volatile fatty acids. butyric acid). • Volatile fatty acids cause irritation of the GIT. • Breast milk is rich in essential • polyunsaturated fatty acids (e.g. linoleic & linolenic acids) essential for brain development. • 0.2%. • 0.8% / 0.8% (contains much more of all MINERALS minerals except iron & copper than • Breast milk iron although low may be human milk). sufficient during the first 4-6 month because it is better absorbed. • Varies with maternal intake. • Low vitamins C & D. VITAMINS • Adequate vitamin C (if the mother eats • More vitamin K than human milk. appropriate foods). • Adequate vitamin D (unless insufficiently exposed to sunlight or is darkly pigmented. • Both types of milk contain adequate vitamin A & B-complex sufficient during the first months. • Essentially uncontaminated by • Regularly contaminated & is a good BACTERIAL pathogenic organisms except mastitis, culture medium for pathogenic bacteria. CONTENT TB, typhoid fever, herpes, hepatitis B, rubella, mumps, HIV & CMV. • Milk borne infections include: streptococcal diseases, diphtheria, typhoid fever, salmonellosis, TB & brucellosis. • The stomach empties more rapidly after human than cow’s milk. DIGESTIBILITY • The curd of cow’s milk is ↓in size by boiling. • The curd of breast milk is fine, flocculent & rapidly broken down in the stomach. • The fat of cow’s milk is less readily digested than that of breast milk.
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