Breast Milk

This question is almost every-time asked in MCI Screening Test / FMGE Exam in various form.So I have collected all the information and multiple questions related to breast milk.

• Co-efficient of uptake of iron in breast milk is 70%.
• Calcium absorption is better than cow's milk.
• 65 kcal/100 ml
• Lactose is more than in cow's milk.
• Carbohydrate is more in human milk as compared to cow' milk.
• Ratio of casein to albumin in human milk is 1-1.
• Cow's milk provide 1000 mg of calcium / L.
• Human milk has lowest content of calcium.
• % of protein in breast milk is 1-2 gm %.
• 1 ounce of cow's milk = 20 kcal.
• Cow's milk is rich source of ' Vit-K'.
• Colostrum contains more of ' cu ' than milk.
• Breast milk jaundice is due to Pregnandiole.
• Cow's milk has more of K+ , Na+ than infant formula feeds.
• Cow's milk has more protein than breast milk.
• Fatty acid important for growth & present in breast milk- Docosa Hexaenoic acid.
• Breast milk has water soluble Vit-D , High Lactalbumin , and lysozyme.