Biomedicines, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(11), P. 2423 - 2423

Published: Oct. 22, 2024

Human breast milk (HBM) is considered the gold standard for infant nutrition due to its optimal nutrient profile and complex composition of cellular non-cellular components. Breastfeeding positively influences newborn's gut microbiota health, reducing risk conditions like gastrointestinal infections chronic diseases (e.g., allergies, asthma, diabetes, obesity). Research has revealed that HBM contains beneficial microbes aid maturation through mechanisms antimicrobial production pathogen exclusion. The can be affected by several factors, including gestational age, delivery mode, medical treatments, lactation stage, as well maternal lifestyle habits diet, physical activity, sleep quality, smoking, alcohol consumption, stress level). Particularly, factors play a significant role in shaping directly modulating microbial or influencing enteromammary pathway. This narrative review current findings summarized how microbiota. While influence diet on well-documented, indicating dietary patterns, especially those rich plant-based proteins carbohydrates, microbiota, impact other poorly investigated. Maintaining healthy during pregnancy breastfeeding crucial health both mother baby. Understanding colonization HBM, along with their interactions impact, key developing new strategies support infant's

Language: Английский