Tag: Human milk nutrition

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), fewer than half of infants under 6 months are exclusively breastfed, despite human milk being recognized as the ideal food for newborns. So, is human milk nutritious? It is a complex, dynamic fluid packed with macronutrients, micronutrients, and bioactive factors essential for infant growth and development.

Unlike human infants, for whom breast milk is the ideal nourishment, cow's milk is a common dietary staple for many adults, a distinction rooted in nutrition, practicality, and biology. We drink cow milk and not human milk due to significant differences in their macronutrient profiles, species-specific design, production scale, and inherent safety risks associated with unregulated human milk consumption.