Gut health, Infant gut microflora, Composition of the microflora of breast fed children as a biomarker, microbial biomarkers in human milk.
Conditions
Interventions
A group of healthy lactating women will consume a capsule of probiotics and a group of healthy lactating women will consume a placebo. The reference group will receive no supplementation at all during
Sponsors
Friesland Foods (Sponsor), Friesland Foods Anika Russia, Institute of Nutrition in Moscow (performer).
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
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. 3. Mothers and children without any clinical aberrancy.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Mother/child pair with formula fed children. 2. Mother/child pair of which the child was delivered through cesarian section. 3. Mothers consuming probiotics preparations/drinks/etc. other then supplied in the studie.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Effect of probiotic consumption of a breast feeding mother on the fecal microflora composition of the child - Relation microflora of mothermilk and microflora of breastfed infants | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - pH of fecal samples - Immunoglobulins in fecal samples and breast milk | — |
Contacts
Public ContactR. Biesebeke, te
Friesland Foods Pieter Stuyvesantweg 1
Outcome results
None listed