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Are there any problems with combining breastmilk and formula in same
bottle for preemies in the NICU? I have had a question posed to me that
combining the two "denatures" something in the breastmilk. Anything in the
literature? Thanks! Monda Fleming
Great link by Linda Smith, BSE, FACCE, IBCLC "Don't Shake the Milk"
_http://www.bflrc.com/ljs/breastfeeding/shakenot.htm_
(http://www.bflrc.com/ljs/breastfeeding/shakenot.htm) answers this question:
Why not?
Because shaking expressed mothers' milk (or boiling or freezing it)
denatures the shaped molecules of the protective proteins, leaving only the pieces -
the amino acids - the parts. Lactoferrin, lysozyme, and other protective
components work their protection magic when they are in their original shaped
molecular structure. Some components remain intact, even during freezing,
shaking or heating. They not only protect the gut from many kinds of infection, but
also prevent inflammation of the gut lining. Even broken up, the separate
amino acids are still really good stuff and are digested by the baby as
nutrients.
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