Tom Hendricks
2014-05-20 00:25:02 UTC
Now this is very interesting. I found out that breast milk also supplies insulin!
Perhaps without breast milk, or weaning too soon, the infant does not get the insulin it needs, in the correct amount, to allow him to best use the glucose he needs during development and into being an adult!
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We have shown that human milk contains insulin in substantial concentrations, while insulin is barely detectable (if at all) in infant formulas. Orally administered insulin was demonstrated to promote gut maturation and to reduce intestinal permeability to macromolecules. Furthermore, oral insulin may induce tolerance to insulin and protect against the development of type 1 diabetes. We herewith raise a hypothesis that human milk is protective against the development of type 1 diabetes by virtue of the effects of its substantial content of insulin.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15016183
Perhaps without breast milk, or weaning too soon, the infant does not get the insulin it needs, in the correct amount, to allow him to best use the glucose he needs during development and into being an adult!
Quote
We have shown that human milk contains insulin in substantial concentrations, while insulin is barely detectable (if at all) in infant formulas. Orally administered insulin was demonstrated to promote gut maturation and to reduce intestinal permeability to macromolecules. Furthermore, oral insulin may induce tolerance to insulin and protect against the development of type 1 diabetes. We herewith raise a hypothesis that human milk is protective against the development of type 1 diabetes by virtue of the effects of its substantial content of insulin.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15016183