Diet 'can flavour mother's milk'

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:00 AM EDT

Article Source: BBC News

Flavours in a nursing mother's snack can find their way into her breast milk within minutes, research suggests.

A group of 18 women were asked to provide samples of breast milk before and after eating capsules containing various flavours.

New Scientist magazine reported that banana could be detected for an hour after consumption, while menthol lasted for eight hours.

Previous work suggests a breastfeeding mother's diet affects her baby's taste.

Breastfeeding may prepare the infant for flavour changes and new experiences when they start to eat solid foods

Mothers are often concerned that their baby may be put off breastfeeding or become upset if they have eaten strongly flavoured food.

But the research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that, in most cases, the taste will only change for a few hours at most.

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niafabo

Thought this was pretty interesting.

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#1 - Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:02 AM EDT

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They used to say that Mothers should not eat onions, peppers, spicy foods, etc. And the Laotian and Korean women in the US were so concerned that they couldn't breastfeed correctly for their children. Then they found out that Mothers that ate a spicy diet were teaching their children what kinds of flavors they would be eating themselves. A breastfed Korean child eats that spicy food without problems. So breastfeeding is a cultural thing, teaching the child what foods to enjoy after weaning. Makes sense to me! I breastfed my first child, eating spicy Mexican food, salsa and lots of peppers. Before the child was 2, she loved guacamole with jalapenos in it, burritoes, etc. I didn't want her to eat spicy foods, so would cook two different spiciness levels, she preferred the spicier.

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#2 - Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:52 PM EDT

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niafabo

i wonder if this research will eventually lead to doctors encouraging women to eat a variety of foods when breastfeeding if that's the case.

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#2.1 - Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:23 PM EDT

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Lots of physicians say "oh don't eat onions, it causes the baby to have indigestion, or go off his milk, or something like that. For many thousands of years, humans have been eating things that are strong and could cause indigestion in a baby. They seemed to survive it quite well. When you see Korean women eating Kimchee (cabbage and onions, usually fermented), you realize that those babies are getting some really pungent milk, I bet. But this kind of thing isn't at the top of the list in anyone's research. But Mothers seem to know more than the Doctors about what they should eat.

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