There was a study on milk composition of insulin- dependent diabetic women in J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1987 by Nancy Butte et all.

She found that the breastmilk glucose concentrations were higher in the diabetic women vs nondiabetic.

There was also a question about this topic in 2012 in Infant Risk. The answer was that the breastmilk glucose level is 1/4th of the maternal serum level, but Infant Risk didn't give the citation.

We clearly need more research on this.

Anne



Anne Eglash MD, IBCLC, FABM

Clinical Professor, Dept of Family and Community Medicine

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Director, UW Lactation Services

Medical Director, Mothers Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes

Founder and President of The Institute for the Advancement of Breastfeeding and Lactation Education (IABLE)

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