Key factors influencing human milk oligosaccharide composition. This diagram illustrates the six interconnected categories impacting HMOs variation in breast milk: genetics, maternal factors, the environment, diet, lactation stage, and breastfeeding pattern.
Breast milk helps shape the early gut microbiome.
A new paper in 𝐆𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬 reviews how HMOs vary with genetics, lactation stage, diet and health, and how they help support Bifidobacterium in infancy. APC’s Mengfan Ding & Patrick Joyce co-authored it.
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