Acidez e valor calórico do leite humano: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

The Neonatal Intensive Care Units favored the survival of premature and low birth weight newborns, a fact that poses numerous challenges to care, and requires greater attention in relation to growth, development and nutrition. The recommended diet for these neonates is their own mother's milk as it is better digestible and has high nutritional quality. The Human Milk Bank is a specialized service linked to a maternal and/or child care hospital, responsible for actions to promote, protect and support breastfeeding and performance of activities for collecting lactic production from the nursing mother, selection, classification, processing, quality control and distribution. The main objective of this research was to describe factors that may interfere with the acidity and caloric value of human milk, and on the relationship between storage and pasteurization on Ca and P minerals., Google Scholar, Pubmed and Global Network BLH. In the studies found, the acidity of human milk varied significantly according to temperature and storage time. Regarding the caloric value of human milk, the lactation period seems to influence the results found. However, it was possible to observe that it is necessary to develop research aimed at handling, processing and storing expressed human milk, and its composition, for better clarification of health professionals who provide direct and indirect assistance to newborns.