ABSTRACT
Human milk is a food for human infants, not a drug. One of more enlightened professors, Samuel Brody, stated the concept eloquently, "Milk was evolved through the ages specifically for the nutrition of infant mammals, for bridging the gap between the dependent intrauterine and the independent adult life. Milk is an exceptionally complex fluid containing many systems. To understand the nature of milk it is helpful to classify the components according to their size and concentration with solubility in milk or the lack thereof involved. The value of human milk as food is recognized by the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition who state that optimal nourishment of the human infant is best achieved with human milk as the sole source of most nutrients, except for supplementation with vitamin K and fluoride during the first 4 to 6 months of life.
