Author/Editor		Brunčko, A
Title		Kravje mleko v prehrani dojenčka
Translated title		Cow's milk in food intake of infants
Type		članek
Source		Slov Pediatr
Vol. and No.		Letnik 5, št. Suppl 1
Publication year		1998
Volume		str. 48-51
Language		slo
Abstract		During the entire first year of life, the most appropriate diet for the infant is mother's milk. For the past five years, due to the high price of industrial milk formulas for infants as well as the decreasing standard, we are again being confronted with the problem of a diet for those infants who can not get breast milk. The author describes the advantages of mother's milk and adapted cow's milk over cow's milk. The high casein and calcium content of cow's milk inhibits the absorption of iron, not only from cow's milk but from vegetables, meat and cereal mush as well. Cow's milk also induces intestinal blood loss leading to sideropenic anemia. Due to the high albumin; sodium, chlorine, potassium and phosphorus content of cow's milk, the renal solute load is 3.5 times higher as compared to breast milk. Adapted or modified cow's milk only represents a 0.5 times higher renal solute load. The risk of hypernatremic dehydration depends on the level of renal solute load. By way of exception and only for a short period of time, half strength cow's milk on addition of 5% sugar and 2% rice flakes may be fed to the infant during the first two months of life, and 2/3-strength cow's milk with the same additives up to the end of 6 months of life. The feeding of whole or unskimmed cow's milk to infants should not be encouraged earlier than after the first year of life.
Descriptors		INFANT NUTRITION MILK IRON ANEMIA INFANT OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION