Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Milk

Milk is a nutrient-rich fluid secreted by the mammary glands of mammals, serving as the primary source of nourishment for newborns and as a widely consumed food for humans across the life course. It supplies protein, fat, carbohydrate in the form of lactose, calcium, and vitamins, and both human breast milk and dair…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 154× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-7835

Overview

Milk is a nutrient-rich fluid secreted by the mammary glands of mammals, serving as the primary source of nourishment for newborns and as a widely consumed food for humans across the life course. It supplies protein, fat, carbohydrate in the form of lactose, calcium, and vitamins, and both human breast milk and dairy milk are studied extensively for their roles in nutrition, growth, and health. Research interest spans milk composition, its effects on health outcomes, the practices of human-milk banking and breastfeeding, and food-safety concerns such as contamination. Work in the journal reflects this breadth: studies examine the activity of human milk banks in Italy and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects of soy-milk on blood lipids and homocysteine in postmenopausal women, the influence of dairy consumption on vaccine immune response and immunoglobulins, and the contamination of milk and animal-derived foods with aflatoxins and its associated health risks. Additional research addresses breast-milk composition and expression, underscoring milk's significance for both infant and adult nutrition. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to milk, supporting study of its nutritional value, health effects, safety, and role in human and infant feeding.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2015

Epigenetics and Nutrition

Kenneth LundstromCorresponding author
Exact topic International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-603
2019

Functional Food

Monica ButnariuCorresponding author
Exact topic International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 109 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-19-2615

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 154 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Milk, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Nutrition (ISSN 2379-7835).

Journal editorial board
Christopher Ochner · United States Alicja Kuban-Jankowska · Poland Angel Catala · Argentina

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.