| HUMAN'S MILK |
COW'S MILK |
1.60% of protein is lactalbumin and the remaining is casein |
1.15% of protein is lactalbumin and the remaining is casein. |
2. It forms soft curds and is therefore easily digestible |
2.It forms larger, tougher curds and therefore slowly digestible. |
3. It has fats of long chain fatty acids |
3.It has fats of short chain fatty acids which acts as irritants to the intestinal tract. |
4. It has low contents of calcium, phosphorus, sodium and potassium but is easily absorbed |
4.It has higher contents of calcium, phosphorus Na & K. Some healthy infants fed cow's milk have a syndrome of convulsion known as neonatal tetany about the sixth day of life. This is believed to be due to high blood phosphorus level |
5.Ash content it three times less than in cow's milk. |
5.Cow's milk has three times more ash content than in human milk & because of the lesser capacity of the infant's kidney to excrete wastes, the high ash content of cow's milk may prevent too high a solute load, which may cause diarrhoea |
6.It can meet the infant's ascorbic acid requirements. |
6.It cannot meet the infant's ascorbic acid requirement & hence needs to be supplemented. |
