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Self-evaluation
Test
- Give
a
definition of “species-specificity” of an aliment.
- On
the bases
of the species-specificity of their milk, all mammals can be divided in
two
main groups: which are those groups and which are the reasons for this
subdivision?
- In
which of
these groups is the milk richer in fats and which are the reasons for
this
difference in the chemical composition of milk?
- How
and why
does the chemical composition of human milk change through time?
- Human
milk
can be divided into three types: which are they and which are the
differences
beetween them?
- Which
hormones are involved in the lactation process in women? Which are
their
functions?
- Colostrum
is
particularly rich in immunoglobulins and immune cells: why?
- List
the
chemical components of mature human milk, giving an approximate value
of the
percentage quantity of each.
- Which
are the
functions for the baby of these components?
- Which
are the
main differences beetween human and cow’s milk in terms of quality and
quantity
of the nutritional components?
- On
the bases
of these differences, which are the inconvenients of feeding a baby
with cow’s
milk?
- How
can cow’s
milk be adapted for the nutrition of human babies?
- List
the main
advantages and disadvantages of breast feeding, both for the baby and
the
mother.
- Describe
shortly the spray process used for the production of powdered milk.
- Which
are the
main targets of the microbiological testings performed on baby
formula’s?
- Which
are the
main advantages and disadvantages of artificial feeding of the babies?
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