Iron and the Breastfed Infant

The first 6 months of life is a crucial time in meeting iron needs. The purpose of this review is to examine iron in mother’s milk and whether or not it meets the physiological needs of the growing infant. Key issues include iron content and iron transport from the mammary gland as well as when and...

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Autores principales: Friel, James, Qasem, Wafaa, Cai, Chenxi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5946120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29642400
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antiox7040054
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description The first 6 months of life is a crucial time in meeting iron needs. The purpose of this review is to examine iron in mother’s milk and whether or not it meets the physiological needs of the growing infant. Key issues include iron content and iron transport from the mammary gland as well as when and what foods should be added to the solely breastfed infant. We examine these topics in light of new molecular biology findings in the mammary gland.
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spelling pubmed-59461202018-05-15 Iron and the Breastfed Infant Friel, James Qasem, Wafaa Cai, Chenxi Antioxidants (Basel) Review The first 6 months of life is a crucial time in meeting iron needs. The purpose of this review is to examine iron in mother’s milk and whether or not it meets the physiological needs of the growing infant. Key issues include iron content and iron transport from the mammary gland as well as when and what foods should be added to the solely breastfed infant. We examine these topics in light of new molecular biology findings in the mammary gland. MDPI 2018-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5946120/ /pubmed/29642400 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antiox7040054 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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