The Impact of Sugar Intake on Breast Milk in Healthy Mothers.

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Breast milk composition; Diet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622000651785
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Adelaide

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-05-03
• Last Update Posted: 9 May 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

•Healthy mothers and singleton infants born at full term (>38 weeks gestation)
•Mothers between the ages of 21-35 years
•Mothers with a BMI between 20 and 30 kg/m2
•Infants between 6 and 20 weeks of age at the time of recruitment
•Mother and infants have no self-reported underlying medical conditions/special dietary requirements which result in restriction of any major food groups (e.g. vegan/dairy allergy)
•Mother able to give informed consent for themselves and their infants
•Mothers have been exclusively breastfeeding (with the exception of additional water or medication such as paracetamol suspensions) their infant since birth

Exclusion Criteria

•Infants who were born by caesarean section
•Infants who are fed formula milk or fed a mixture of breast milk and formula
•Mothers who are struggling with breast feeding and/or are unable to manually express milk.
•Mother and/or baby who has an allergy/intolerance/aversion to the study diet (e.g. lactose intolerance).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Breast milk triglyceride concentrations [Repeated measures at hourly intervals over 12 hours following consumption of the control or intervention diet.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Breast milk lactose concentrations [Repeated measures at hourly intervals over 12 hours following consumption of the control or intervention diet];Breast milk protein concentrations [Repeated measures at hourly intervals over 12 hours following consumption of the control or intervention diet];Breast milk fatty acid composition [Repeated measures at hourly intervals over 12 hours following consumption of the control or intervention diet]