This article is part of a series on breast milk's nutrition facts.
How much carbohydrates in breast milk?
Q: Does my breast milk contains carbs?
A: Carbohydrates account for about 7.5% of breast milk.
The main carbohydrate present in breast milk is lactose, which is what gives your milk its sweetness. It's probably a good thing because research indicates that animals with more lactose in their milk have a larger brain size.1
Besides lactose, breast milk also contains other types of carbs such as oligosaccharides or monosaccharides.
Carbohydrates provides an important source of energy necessary for your newborn's growth and development. They also help develop your baby's central nervous system.
How to improve the nutritional quality of your milk
To improve the quality of your breast milk we strongly recommend you drink Milk Boost Tea. It's an ancestral recipe of 13 natural herbs that's been used for centuries by nursing mums in Asia to boost their milk's nutritional value.
For instance it contains Dong Quai, a root also known as the "female ginseng" for its wide range of health benefits for women. It also contains Longans, famous for nourishing the blood and helping nursing women recover from childbirth.
Milk Boost Tea is a natural herbal tea that can help you improve your milk volume and its nutritional value
You might also be interested by the other articles in our series about breast milk's nutrition facts
- How many calories are there in breast milk?
- What are breast milk's nutrition facts? What is it composed of?
- Why is fat so important in breast milk?
- Are colostrum's nutrition facts the same as breast milk?
- Does formula have more calories than breast milk?
- How much proteins are there in breast milk?
Sources:
1. Robson, S. (2004). Breast Milk, Diet, and Large Human Brains. Current Anthropology, 45(3), 419-425. doi:10.1086/420910
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