Certain foods and dietary patterns may alter the taste, color, and fatty acid profile of human milk without modifying the overall concentration of macronutrients and micronutrients. For example, parental consumption of strong spices (e.g., garlic and ginger) and certain vegetables may flavor human milk.[1] Additionally, there is some evidence that fish consumption increases the concentration of omega-3 fatty acids in human milk, which are vital to infant brain and eye development, but whether this translates to improvements in outcomes for healthy full-term infants is less clear.[2][3][4]
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