Functional sterol improves breast milk quality by modulating the gut microbiota: A proposed opinion for breastfeeding mothers

Front Nutr. 2022 Nov 8:9:1018153. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1018153. eCollection 2022.

Jeanette Irene Christiene Manoppo^{1

2}, Fahrul Nurkolis³, William Ben Gunawan⁴, Gilbert Ansell Limen⁵, Ronald Rompies^{1

2}, Joko Purnomo Heroanto^{1

2}, Hans Natanael^{1

2}, Sardito Phan^{1

2}, Krisanto Tanjaya⁶

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado, Indonesia.
² Department of Pediatrics, Prof. R. D. Kandou General Hospital, Manado, Indonesia.
³ Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, State Islamic University of Sunan Kalijaga (UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta), Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
⁴ Department of Nutrition Science, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia.
⁵ Medical Programme, Faculty of Medicine, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado, Indonesia.
⁶ Medical Programme, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia.

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Keywords: breast milk; breastfeeding; functional food; functional sterol; gut microbiota; phytosterols.