Breast milk fats may reflect more than the fats a mother eats

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260826/Breast-milk-fats-may-reflect-more-than-the-fats-a-mother-eats.aspx From dietary fats to vitamins and minerals, researchers mapped how a mother’s nutritional intake relates to the complex fatty acid composition of her milk. A recent cross-sectional study published in the European Journal of Nutrition found that higher maternal intakes of omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and trans fatty acids were associated with higher proportions of the corresponding fatty acids in breast milk.