The microflora in milk from mothers and the gastro-intestinal tract of their infants.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Gut health, Infant gut microflora, Composition of the microflora of breast fed children as a biomarker, microbial biomarkers in human milk.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25185
- Lead Sponsor
- Friesland Foods (Sponsor), Friesland Foods Anika Russia, Institute of Nutrition in Moscow (performer).
- Brief Summary
Effect of consumption of Probiotics by Breastfeeding Mothers on the Fecal Microflora of Infants.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
1. Mother/child pair of which the mother delivered through natural birth.
2. Mother/child pair of which the infant is breast fed for at least 6 weeks.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Mother/child pair with formula fed children.
2. Mother/child pair of which the child was delivered through cesarian section.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Effect of probiotic consumption of a breast feeding mother on the fecal microflora composition of the child<br /><br>- Relation microflora of mothermilk and microflora of breastfed infants<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - pH of fecal samples<br /><br>- Immunoglobulins in fecal samples and breast milk