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How Healthy Is a Vegan Mom’s Breast Milk?

By Rosemarie Pittman

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter

(HealthDay)

WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Vegan moms can breastfeed their children and not worry that their breast milk is missing essential nutrients, a new study finds.

Researchers from Amsterdam University Medical Center in the Netherlands tested the milk of vegan mothers, finding it contains sufficient levels of vitamin B2 and carnitine.

“The maternal diet greatly influences the nutritional composition of human milk, which is important for child

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Vegan Breastmilk Does Contain Essential Nutrients for Infants

By Rosemarie Pittman
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Vegan diets do not affect breastmilk concentrations of vitamin B2 and carnitine, which are essential nutrients for developing infantsViktorcvetkovic/Getty Images
  • New research finds that breastmilk from parents who eat a vegan diet does contain two important nutrients, carnitine and vitamin B2.
  • The findings challenge previous assumptions that vegan diets may not be nutritionally complete.
  • The research also challenges concerns that breastfed infants of vegan parents may be at risk of developing vitamin
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