ArticleInternational breastfeeding journal2022
The association of maternal dietary quality and the antioxidant-proxidant balance of human milk.
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- Maternal Lifestyle Factors Affecting Breast Milk Composition and Infant Health: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
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- Evaluation of the effect of different diets applied to breastfeeding mothers on the composition and quantity of human milk.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Article
- Mediterranean Diet Outcomes Across the Mother-Milk-Infant Triad: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Association between the plant-based Mediterranean diet and neuropsychological distress of the breastfeeding mothers and their infants.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Association of healthy eating index (HEI), alternative healthy eating index (AHEI) with antioxidant capacity of maternal breast milk and infant's urine: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Beyond Milk and Nurture: Breastfeeding's Powerful Impact on Breast Cancer.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2024Article
- The Gestational Pathologies Effect on the Human Milk Redox Homeostasis: A First Step towards Its Definition.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Human Milk Feeding Is Associated with Decreased Incidence of Moderate-Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Extremely Preterm Infants.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Maternal and Neonatal Factors Modulating Breast Milk Cytokines in the First Month of Lactation.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The role of breastfeeding in breast cancer prevention: a literature review.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundHuman milk composition varies over time within an individual mother as well as between lactating mothers due to several factors including maternal health, diet, and nutritional status. Therefore, improving nutrition status during gestation and breastfeeding is crucial for improving the health of both mothers and infants. Diet can enhance the oxidant-antioxidant balance of human milk. This study aimed to investigate the association between human milk oxidant-antioxidant balance with dietary patterns of lactating mothers identified by using principal component analysis.
methodThis cross-sectional study included 350 breastfeeding women between the ages of 20 to 35 years. The dietary intakes of the women in the study were estimated using a validated food frequency questionnaire, which included 65 food items. The oxidant-antioxidant balance of milk samples was assessed using the ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), 2, 2'-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARs), and Ellman's assay. The milk concentration of total protein, calcium, and triglyceride was also measured using commercial kits.
resultTwo predominant dietary patterns were recognized that we defined as a healthy and unhealthy pattern. There were higher levels of DPPH and thiol in the milk from mothers in the third tertile (highest adherence) of a healthy dietary pattern compared to the first tertile (lowest adherence; p < 0.05). Milk calcium and thiol were significantly lower in the third tertile of mothers with an unhealthy dietary pattern versus the first tertile (P < 0.05). In multivariate multinomial logistic regression analyses adjusted for mother's age, body mass index (BMI), energy intake, and infant's sex, adherence to a healthy dietary pattern was associated with higher levels of milk DPPH (OR = 1.32, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.01, 1.80) and milk thiol (OR = 1.21, 95% CI: 1.10, 1.50). On the other adherence to the unhealthy dietary pattern was correlated with low levels of milk thiol (OR = 1.29; 95%CI: 1.09, 1.59) and milk calcium (OR = 1.28; 95%CI: 1.11, 1.55).
conclusionOur findings demonstrated that adherence to a healthy dietary pattern, identified by higher consumption of green vegetables, other vegetables, and fruits is associated with a higher milk oxidant-antioxidant status in breastfeeding mothers.
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