Composition of Breast milk different for boys and girls, Milk banks to tailor the Baby formula

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Milk is the chief source of nourishment for infants before they are able to eat and digest other foods, but this source of nutrition differs in composition depending upon sex of the baby. Baby boys get milk that’s richer in fat and protein while baby girls—though get more—receives a biologically different recipe that has lower fat and protein.

The finding holds true not just for humans, but also for monkeys and other mammals.

Under the influence of the hormones prolactin and oxytocin, women produce milk after childbirth to feed the baby.(--Wikipedia) It’s a known fact that the actual composition of breast milk changes from day to day depending upon mother’s diet, but now the research says that the change is quite considerable depending upon the baby’s sex too.

The composition of the breast milk has a direct impact on baby’s growth, and also on his or her behavior and temperament that makes up the personality. The bio-psychologists may now have yet another reason to explain the behavioral difference observed between the two sexes.

The concerning question perhaps is that how this fact goes along with babies who are either bottle fed, or who receive nourishment through milk banks. If composition matters, as claimed by the research, it’s time for the milk banks to tailor the formula based on sex of the baby thereby revising the ‘one-size-fits-all’ recipe.