Evaluation of the vitamin status in nursing women by vitamin content in breast milk

Abstract

The dependence of daily vitamin excretion with breast milk on dietary vitamin content and blood vitamin level was studied in nursing women. Breast mils vitamins were assayed in women supplied with vitamins. We identified the criteria for adequate vitamin supply in nursing women over the 1st month after labor (vitamins A, 130 microg; vitamin B1, 100 microg; vitamin B2, 130 microg; vitamin E, 750 microg; vitamin B6, 60 microg).

Vitamin E concentration in human milk and associated factors: a literature review

“…In transition milk, the values found in different populations were also similar, with the exception of one study conducted in Russia, 10 which presented lower mean values, as well as the study by Quiles et al, 8 whose values were higher than others. Kodentsova and Vrzhesinskaya, 10 however, used samples of women who were between the third and tenth days of lactation together with others, who were between the 14 th and 20 th days, which may have influenced the results.…”

“…10 However, a study in Canada observed a positive correlation between vitamin E found in milk and multivitamin supplementation, as reported by survey participants. 36 Dimenstein et al, 29 when analyzing tocopherol in the milk of 30 adult women in Northeastern Brazil, observed that supplementation with a capsule containing synthetic vitamin E (49.4 mg dl-alpha-tocopherol) did not lead to an increase in the concentration of the vitamin in colostrum 24 hours after supplementation.…”

“…26 The hypothesis of differences in vitamin E concentration depending on the duration of pregnancy has not been confirmed. 10,23,27 Quiles et al, 8 however, in a study of Spanish women, observed that milk from mothers of full-term infants had significantly higher amounts of this vitamin at all stages of lactation (p < 0.05).…”

“…A study performed in Russia also demonstrated this correlation. 10 However, this association has been studied only in the milk of mothers of preterm newborns, with a small sample size (13 women).…”

Regional, socioeconomic, and dietary factors influencing B-vitamins in human milk of urban Chinese lactating women at different lactation stages

“…Most of the researches on B-vitamins have been limited to Caucasian [11,[15][16][17][19][20][21][22][23], East Asian (i.e. Japanese and Korean) [4,24,25], and Africa populations [26][27][28] with little data from Southeast Asian [18] and American populations [29,30].…”