“I think the idea behind drinking breast milk for muscle growth is that it's incredibly calorie and nutrient dense, and it has some additional healthy substances,” said Brian St. Pierre, a sports dietitian with Precision Nutrition, to Men's Health US.
Human breast milk from a milk bank is relatively safe because it is screened for contamination and pasteurized, so it is typically free from harmful substances. However, adults do not really need breast milk for health benefits.
So, except for a few circumstances when it might pose a health concern, it's OK to breastfeed your partner.
Breast milk is also pretty expensive, typically going for around $1 an ounce online.
Human breast milk is full of complex sugars that help build babies' immune systems. Researchers believe those compounds may help adults with Crohn's disease, arthritis, even autism, and may, some day, be the key to prevention.
Cuts, Minor Burns, and Small Wounds: Breast milk has been used for cuts, burns, and wounds to help wounds heal and prevent them from becoming infected. 1. Immune System Booster: If you get sick and drink breast milk, it is believed to boost the immune system and shorten the length and severity of a cold.
The answer is that the exact flavor of breast milk varies from person to person and from day to day. It's affected by factors like what you eat and how fresh it is. In general, many people say that it tastes like skim cow's milk.
But experts say human breast milk will not pump you up. “There is nothing specific in breast milk that will cause adults to gain muscle mass,” said Dr. Jacques Mortiz, the director of the division of gynecology at Mount Sinai Roosevelt in New York.
Resources and costs
Human donor milk from milk banks costs $3 to $5 (US) per ounce, and so it might cost $60 to $100 (US) per day for an 3.6-kg baby to consume 20 ounces per day, compared with only $0.50 to $2 (US) per ounce when the milk is purchased online.
For example, a more typical amount of milk for a mom to produce is 570-900 mL/19.27-30.43 oz a day.
Normally, without suckling, milk production ceases 14 to 21 days after birth. PRL- mediated milk production and secretion, however, may continue as long as the breasts are stimulated, as evidenced by the ability of wet-nursing for many years (16).
The only necessary component to induce lactation—the official term for making milk without pregnancy and birth—is to stimulate and drain the breasts. That stimulation or emptying can happen with baby breastfeeding, with an electric breast pump, or using a variety of manual techniques.
Can I Sell My Breast Milk? Although the practice is not regulated, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Food and Drug Administration recommend selling your breast milk to a milk bank. You can also donate milk to the HMBANA or the National Milk Bank.
Under Australian law it is illegal to buy or sell parts of the human body, including breast milk.
The fact is there's a market and the market pays very good money for breast milk – like $100 a litre good, according to Australia's foremost breast milk economist Julie Veccio. And if you think about it objectively, it kind of makes sense.
Some bodybuilders claim breast milk helps build muscle mass more than any other food. Breast milk is actually much lower in protein than cow's milk, and bodybuilders, specifically large men, need much more protein. Buying breast milk online has other downsides — it's expensive, risky, and hard to come by.
"There's no danger to it, but it's just kind of strange." "Breast milk is definitely great nutrition, great protein and great calories, and ounce for ounce it's low in calories for an adult," said Cheryl Parrott, a registered nurse and board-certified lactation consultant who runs a private practice in Indiana.
Summary of Use during Lactation
However, testosterone has low oral bioavailability because of extensive first-pass metabolism, so it appears to not increase serum testosterone levels in breastfed infants. Breastfed infants appear not to be adversely affected by maternal or transgender paternal testosterone therapy.
The content of E2 in colostrum, transitional milk and mature milk was 1.60 ± 0.96 μg L-1, 0.83 ± 0.36 μg L-1 and 1.26 ± 0.48 μg L-1, respectively.
"The nutrients that a baby receives from drinking breast milk [are] ideal for newborn development," Dr. Wider says, "but adults do not get the same benefits because our digestive tracts break down the nutrients differently and our body's needs are different." (BTW: She says the hangover cure claims are B.S.)
Newborns have a strong sense of smell and know the unique scent of your breastmilk. That is why your baby will turn his or her head to you when he or she is hungry.