INHIBITION OF NEONATAL HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA IN BREAST FED INFANTS

Disclosed herein are infant supplements containing casein, a salt of casein, whey and/or a casein hydrolysate which are free of carbohydrate, and methods for their use with breast feeding babies. The supplements are designed to suppress serum bilirubin levels and the incidence and severity of neonat...

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Hauptverfasser: GOURLEY, GLENN, R, KREAMER, BILL, L
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Zusammenfassung:Disclosed herein are infant supplements containing casein, a salt of casein, whey and/or a casein hydrolysate which are free of carbohydrate, and methods for their use with breast feeding babies. The supplements are designed to suppress serum bilirubin levels and the incidence and severity of neonate jaundice. In one form, a dose of such a supplement is mixed with human breast milk and fed to the neonate.