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If you know about breastfeeding, do you know the difference between secretors and non-secretors?
Quick summary: The largest study to date of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOS) reveals the special sugars found in breast milk vary over time, and how they vary across the globe.
Did you know….
A genetic variation affects the composition of a mother’s breast milk.
This genetic variation is a breastfeeding mother’s “secretor status”. A mother can either be a “secretor” or a “non-secretor.”
A mother’s “secretor status” helps determine the types of special sugars (human milk oligosaccharides) she produces in her breast milk.
New research, the largest study to date, reveals the human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) in breast milk vary over time, and there are differences in the types of HMOs found across the globe.
The study finds a big factor affecting the type of HMOs found in a mother’s breast milk is her “secretor status”.
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