Cow Milk vs. Human Milk

When coming up for ideas to write, usually I tend to just think of milk from cows. It never crossed my mind to write about human milk. I was flipping through one of my brothers nutrition books that he uses for class and I found some interesting things about human milk.

Cow's milk compared to Human Milk
Energy - same
Protein - 3.2 times higher
Fat - 0.2 times lower
Carbohydrate - 0.3 times lower
Minerals - 3.5 times higher

Looking at these statistics, I will clarify that this is looking at human milk, in relation to cow's milk. This means that the energy is the same for both, but cow's milk is 3.2 times higher in protein and 0,2 times lower in fat. Cow's milk is also 0.3 times lower in carbohydrates but it is 3.5 times higher in minerals. This means that human milk (breastmilk)

For these reasons, cow milk should not be used in infant feeding until the baby is at least 12 months. It is too high in protein and minerals and does not provide the proper amount of fat and carbohydrates that the baby needs. Another reason cow's milk should not be used early on in infant feeding is becasue the main protein, casine, is very difficult for the baby to digest. The proteins found in breastmilk is much easier for the baby to digest.