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breast milk
Milk from a mother's breast, produced during lactation.
Notes:
- breast milk does NOT contain sufficient vitamin D. [1]
- supplementation recommended [2]; use children's multivitamin.
- breast milk contains low levels of iron [2]
- ferrous sulfate 7.5 mg PO QD may be of benefit [2]
- most breast milk purchased through the internet is contaminated with bacteria [3]
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milk
References
- Prescriber's Letter 10(5):29 2003
- Journal Watch 24(2):19, 2004
Friel JK et al,
A double-masked, randomized control trial of iron
supplementation in early infancy in healthy term breast-fed
infants.
J Pediatr 143:582, 2003
PMID: 14615726
- Lozoff B,
Do breast-fed babies benefit from iron before 6 months?
J Pediatr 143:554, 2003
PMID: 14615720
- Keim SA et al
Microbial Contamination of Human Milk Purchased Via the
Internet.
Pediatrics. October 21, 2013
PMID: 24144714
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2013/10/16/peds.2013-1687.abstract
- Human Milk Banking Association of North America
https://www.hmbana.org