Pediatric nutrition’s latest breakthrough

Last August 17, 2017 at the Marco Polo Hotel Davao, Tore Jesper Andersen, leading MFGM expert, and Dr. Lourdes Bernadette “Tippy” Sumpaico-Tanchanco discussed about the newest buzzword among child care experts — MFGM or milk fat globule membrane.

MFGM (Milk Fat Globule Membrane) is the membrane surrounding lipid droplets during their secretion in the alveolar lumen of the lactating mammary gland. MFGM is a tri-layer complex rich in bioactive components that has been proven in studies to support in the cognitive development of infants. Moreover, a study reveals that MFGM contributes in the behavioral or EQ development of children.

It has been known that the first five years of life defines a child’s formative years — every triumph becomes a learning milestone worthy of a celebration. Why? It basically gives us a glimpse of the many talents and skills a child has thus letting us see into his future.

That is why most parents exert great efforts to provide proper nutrition that can help with their child’s physical and mental growth. This is especially during the early stages of life when 90% of brain development happens. And the latest breakthrough in pediatric nutrition may just offer parents the help they need.

MFGM has been successfully extracted and reintroduced into supplemental milk formula for infants and children —  making it closely similar with the gold standard in pediatric nutrition.

Tore Jesper Andersen, an MFGM leading expert, said that the naturally-occurring milk component will forever change the landscape of pediatric nutrition. “This is not just about replicating one of the crucial milk components. It is about successfully extracting MFGM and introducing it to milk formula to maximize its efficacy for the development of our children,” Andersen added.

Dr. Niklas Timby of Umea University in Sweden published a study that further corroborated the positive effects of MFGM on cognitive development among infants. The study highlighted that infants fed with MFGM-enriched milk had significantly higher cognitive scores compared to infants who were fed a formula without MFGM. Further, said cognitive score was not different from result report for breastfed infants.

Dr. Timby further studied on the effects of MFGM. Said study showed that the compound is likewise beneficial to strengthening children’s immune system.  It was found that milk formula added with MFGM fraction have reduced incidence of acute otitis media and episodes of bloody diarrhea in infants.

On the other hand, a different study on MFGM was conducted by Genevieve Veereman-Wauters. Said study established that children who consumed formula enriched with MFGM demonstrated significantly improved parent-reported scores for behavioral regulation as  compared to children receiving control formula without MFGM enrichment.

Indeed, MFGM is a golden breakthrough that parents should consider. The benefits that MFGM provide truly ushers in a new era in pediatric healthcare and nutrition thus giving parents and pediatricians more ways of helping prepare and protect children for tomorrow’s challenges. Today, MFGM has brought pediatric nutrition closest to the gold standard of nutrition.

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