Taurine intake of Korean breast-fed infants during lactation.

Abstract

i. Taurine concentrations of human milk of nonvegetarians and lacto-ovovegetarians decreased significantly during the course of lactation. Taurine concentrations in lacto-ovovegetarians after 90 days postpartum were lower than those of nonvegetarians. Taurine concentrations of human milk by 150 days postpartum were: nonvegetarian 248-434 nmol/ml (31.0-54.4 mg/L); lacto-ovovegetarian 153-418 nmol/ml (19.1-52.3 mg/L). ii. Taurine intakes in infants of lacto-ovovegetarians decreased significantly during lactation, unlike from the pattern in infants of nonvegetarians. Taurine intakes in infants of lacto-ovovegetarians at 90, 120 and 150 days postpartum were lower, compared with those in nonvegetarians. Taurine intakes in infants by 150 days postpartum were: Infants of nonvegetarians 169-229 mumol/day (21.1-28.6 mg/day); Infants of lacto-ovovegetarians 106-210 mumol/day (21.1-28.6 mg/day). iii. This study showed that the taurine concentration in human milk and the taurine intake of infants were different during lactation between nonvegetarians and lacto-ovovegetarians, and that the intake per kg body weight decreased during lactation. Results suggest that the differences observed might be due to the effect of consumption of different types of food.

• Authors: E S Kim, K H Cho, M A Park, K H Lee, J Moon, Y N Lee, H K Ro
• Journal: Advances in experimental medicine and biology (Adv Exp Med Biol) Vol. 403 Pg. 571-7 ( 1996) ISSN: 0065-2598 [Print] United States
• PMID: 8915395 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Taurine

Topics

• Breast Feeding
• Diet, Vegetarian
• Female
• Humans
• Infant
• Infant, Newborn
• Korea
• Lactation (physiology)
• Milk, Human (chemistry)
• Reference Values
• Taurine (analysis, metabolism)
• Time Factors