Children are the treasure of parents, all that is beneficial to the health of the baby, parents are often not rejected, such as lactoferrin, although the price is not cheap, but in the mother's circle has been very hot.
Related products are advertised to improve immunity, antibacterial, antiviral, iron supplementation, constipation and various intestinal diseases... In a word: with it, the baby is not sick, the mother is not worried.
But is this really the case? Does lactoferrin really have such miraculous effects?
Lactoferrin is an active protein found in the milk of mammals. According to relevant studies, the highest content is found in breast milk.
Lactoferrin has antimicrobial, promotes intestinal development, promotes iron absorption, immunomodulatory and other functions.
According to the "Expert Consensus on the Health Effects of Lactoferrin Infants and Young Children", lactoferrin has a certain role in the prevention and auxiliary treatment of infantile diarrhea, respiratory diseases, neonatal sepsis, improvement of infant anemia and promotion of growth and development.
Therefore, lactoferrin is an indispensable immune protein in the growth of babies. This has also led to the mother's circle of lactoferrin in recent years is very respectful, you go to any mother and baby store, will be recommended to buy milk powder containing lactoferrin. However, I will tell you that many of the so-called milk powders containing lactoferrin on the market are not as magical as advertised, because lactoferrin is very precious and rare.
Many milk powders use milk, but the lactoferrin content in milk is very low, about 0.02-0.2g/L, that is, 10,000 kg of fresh milk, to extract 1 kg of lactoferrin.
According to the addition standard of lactoferrin in continental infant milk powder, no less than 1.0g of lactoferrin per kilogram of milk powder, and the purity should reach 95%, so how much lactoferrin can be really contained in a can of milk powder of three or four hundred yuan?
I've seen a jar of 260 grams of milk powder contain only 0.26 grams of lactoferrin, while a baby of about 6 months old consumes about 0.44-4.4 grams of lactoferrin per day through breast milk. If you rely solely on this milk powder to supplement lactoferrin, your baby will drink at least two cans a day.
There are also some merchants who take advantage of loopholes to promote whey protein as the role of lactoferrin to fool many mothers who do not understand.
In fact, whey protein is extracted from milk, dissolved and dispersed in whey, a protein dispersed in whey, after processing, the vitality of lactoferrin contained will be greatly weakened, relatively cheaper.
Therefore, lactoferrin does have certain benefits for babies, but to eat right, eat enough, buy lactoferrin products, be sure to polish the eyes, do not be fooled.