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Milk Sugars May Help Pre-term Babies Fight Fungal Infection
Pre-term babies are susceptible to life-threatening infections, including fungal infections. Human milk contains a complex mix of sugars, also known as oligosaccharides. Oligosaccharides can help...
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Probiotics May Work Better with Milk
The bacteria Lactobacillus casei are commonly used as probiotics and are thought to have several beneficial effects, including improved immune function and reduced intestinal inflammation. L. casei...
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Success Stories
New qualitative research has cast light on the low breastfeeding rates of African Americans in the United States. This research employed Black Feminist Theory to analyze the contents of many long...
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Kefir Consumption—a Growing Culture
Kefir is a fermented dairy beverage with the consistency of thin yogurt, a mild acidic flavor, natural carbonation, and—traditionally—a small amount of alcohol. A natural probiotic drink with a range...
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Accounting for Lactase Mutants
About two-thirds of adult humans around the world are lactose intolerant. The ability to digest lactose after weaning occurs in many northern Europeans, but also in many populations in the Middle East...
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A Tale of Fats, Fish, Dolphins, and Dairy
As reflected in most dietary recommendations, intake of saturated fats has long been linked to increased risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. In contrast, new research indicates that some...
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Producing Human Milk Sugars for Use in Formula
Certain types of milk sugars, called oligosaccharides, form the third largest component of human milk. These human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) have been shown to positively influence the gut...
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Smartphone Detectors for Milk Protein Analysis
Information technologies are bonding with biotechnologies. Smartphone attachments and applications have been developed for measuring biomarkers in a field setting. The Portable Protein Microarray...
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Highlights from the 2015 IMGC Symposium
The 12th International Milk Genomics and Human Health Symposium concluded Wednesday (28 Oct). This year the symposium returned to Sydney, Australia, where it was last held seven years ago. Comparing...
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How Probiotic Bacteria Protect Against Allergy to Cow’s Milk
Allergy to cow’s milk is one of the most common food allergies in young children. The probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG have been shown to be effective in treating cow’s milk allergy, but...
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Training Your Body to Digest Lactose
People who are poor at digesting lactose may be able to improve their tolerance of dairy products by consuming small quantities of milk or lactose supplements regularly. Only a few, small-scale trials...
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Do Larger Breasts Make More Milk?
Low milk supply is one of the reasons many women stop or cannot breastfeed, but does breast size influence their milk production? Research shows that milk production is actually compromised in...
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Getting the Balance Right
More people in the world are overweight than underweight, and the gap between the two continues to widen. The protein leverage hypothesis links the need to meet a target protein intake with weight...
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Milk and Potatoes Made the World Go Round
Five centuries ago, a population in which lactose tolerance was common had far better growth prospects than one in which the trait was rare. The introduction of the potato to different parts of Europe...
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Why Mothers Should Boost Their Vitamin D Intake
Most infants who are exclusively breastfed don’t get enough vitamin D. They therefore have a higher risk of developing rickets than formula-fed infants. Although health authorities recommend that all...
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Ancient Aurochs Genome Contains the DNA Blueprint for Modern Cattle
A bone found in an English cave contained DNA from an ancient wild ox known as the aurochs. The DNA was sequenced from over 85% of the aurochs genome. Ninety percent of the genetic variants identified...
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Breast Milk, the Synchronizer
Breast milk contains various components that oscillate in their levels over the course of the day. One of the most important circadian changes in breast milk appears to be in the levels of the amino...
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Medicating the Elderly with Night Milk
Insomnia is common among the elderly, and is often due to lower production of the hormone melatonin in old age. Dietary melatonin supplements are known to aid sleep in old age. Milk from cows milked...
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Kefir Microorganisms Break Down Milk Proteins
Kefir is a fermented dairy beverage produced when milk is incubated with “kefir grains”—a mix of sugar, proteins, lactic acid bacteria, and yeast. The kefir microorganisms ferment milk lactose, but it...
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Prolactin Targets Intestines Too
Prolactin is a hormone that PROmotes LACTation. During puberty and pregnancy, prolactin promotes mammary development. After the birth of offspring, prolactin promotes milk production. New research...
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