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breast milk

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breast milk Neonatology Human milk is similar to cow milk in the water content–88%, specific gravity, 1.030, fat content–3.5%, energy value–0.67 kcal/ml and type of sugar—lactose. See Breast-feeding, La Leche League; Cf Certified milk, Humanized milk, Raw milk, White beverages.


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Catharina Svanborg thought that she already knew how remarkable breast milk is.
Some of the benefits include that breast milk has the right amount of nutrients in the right proportions for growing babies.
Further, they have confirmed that lactoferin (LF), a kind of multifunctional protein found in milk and breast milk, can detoxify LPS so that it helps control the development of periodontal disease.
 
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