Abstract
Human milk is regarded as the gold standard for infant feeding and nutrition, with uniquely tailored composition to meet the health needs of a growing baby. Lipids are the second most abundant macronutrient in human milk and are responsible for providing energy for the growing and developing newborns. This work investigated the effects of gestational diabetes, mode of delivery and parity on human milk lipids composition. Human milk produced by gestational diabetic mellitus (GDM) mothers contained significantly higher lipid content but lower palmitoleic and OPL triacylglycerol contents. In addition, mode of delivery is found to affect the content of phospholipids in human milk. Human milk produced by mother who have caesarean delivery had significantly higher LPE, SM, PE and PI.
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