Breast milk and powdered milk di Cecilia Giordano

Self-evaluation

Test

  • Give a definition of “species-specificity” of an aliment.
  • On the bases of the species-specificity of their milk, all mammals can be divided in two main groups: which are those groups and which are the reasons for this subdivision?
  • In which of these groups is the milk richer in fats and which are the reasons for this difference in the chemical composition of milk?
  • How and why does the chemical composition of human milk change through time?
  • Human milk can be divided into three types: which are they and which are the differences beetween them?
  • Which hormones are involved in the lactation process in women? Which are their functions?
  • Colostrum is particularly rich in immunoglobulins and immune cells: why?
  • List the chemical components of mature human milk, giving an approximate value of the percentage quantity of each.
  • Which are the functions for the baby of these components?
  • Which are the main differences beetween human and cow’s milk in terms of quality and quantity of the nutritional components?
  • On the bases of these differences, which are the inconvenients of feeding a baby with cow’s milk?
  • How can cow’s milk be adapted for the nutrition of human babies?
  • List the main advantages and disadvantages of breast feeding, both for the baby and the mother.
  • Describe shortly the spray process used for the production of powdered milk.
  • Which are the main targets of the microbiological testings performed on baby formula’s?
  • Which are the main advantages and disadvantages of artificial feeding of the babies?

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