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Table 1 Calculated mean dietary intake (two-day) of fatty acids in the test diets (g/day)

From: The effect of a controlled manipulation of maternal dietary fat intake on medium and long chain fatty acids in human breast milk in Saskatoon, Canada

  

Fatty acid intake (g/d)

 
 

Low fat

 

High fat

Total fat

46.30

 

104.60

Total fatty acids

39.90

 

90.21

Saturated fatty acids

15.76

 

42.84

C4:0

0.60

 

1.75

C6:0

0.26

 

1.75

C8:0

0.18

 

0.58

C10:0

0.42

 

1.30

C12:0

0.56

 

1.66

C14:0

1.87

 

5.75

Total MCFA (C10:0-C14:0)

2.85

 

8.71

C16:0

8.67

 

21.74

C18:0

3.20

 

8.31

Total MUFA

10.90

 

24.38

C16:1

1.00

 

2.04

C18:1

9.84

 

22.18

C20:1

0.04

 

0.11

C22:1

0.02

 

0.05

Total PUFA

13.24

 

22.99

C18:2

11.57

 

19.78

C18:3

1.29

 

2.72

C20:4

0.06

 

0.08

C20:5

0.06

 

0.08

C22:5

0.04

 

0.13

C22:6

0.22

 

0.20

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International Breastfeeding Journal

ISSN: 1746-4358