Abstract for Talk
For more than a decade most lactation professions have been suggesting to families that diet matters very little in terms of human milk composition. We have told parents that they can essentially eat whatever they want, it does not matter to the bottom line. However, new studies imply that in fact, diet does matter in terms of the composition of fatty acids and essential nutrients available in milk that can potentially impact life long health. Studies also show that changes in diet can lead to gene methylation which impacts gene expression, as well changing the oligosaccharide profile which shapes the microbiome. This presentation takes you on a tour of some recent research finds to better understand how maternal diet (potentially prenatally through lactation) DOES play a role in human milk and how a parent’s diet can potentially influence a breastfeeding baby’s health.
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For more than a decade most lactation professions have been suggesting to families that diet matters very little in terms of human milk composition. We have told parents that they can essentially eat whatever they want, it does not matter to the bottom line. However, new studies imply that in fact, diet does matter in terms of the composition of fatty acids and essential nutrients available in milk that can potentially impact life long health. Studies also show that changes in diet can lead to gene methylation which impacts gene expression, as well changing the oligosaccharide profile which shapes the microbiome. This presentation takes you on a tour of some recent research finds to better understand how maternal diet (potentially prenatally through lactation) DOES play a role in human milk and how a parent’s diet can potentially influence a breastfeeding baby’s health.
Objectives:
- Identify at least one way that maternal diet can impact fatty acid profile in human milk.
- List the primary reason changes in oligosaccharide profile in human milk can have health consequences in baby.
- List at least three nutrient changes in human milk that can be influenced through maternal diet.
Outline:
- What are fatty acids?
- Types of fatty acids
- How are FA’s important to health and development.
- How do fatty acids access breastmilk.
- Does perinatal and or postpartum diet influence fatty acid profile while breast
- Data from human studies
- Data from animal studies
- Potential long term meaning
- Brief description of microbiome and relationship with breastfeeding
- Role of Human Milk Oligosaccharides and microbiome
- How prenatal diet impacts microbiome when breastfeeding
- Postpartum diet and the epigenetic action through breastmilk
- Best practice for diet while breastfeeding – what we know now
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