Breast Milk Supply May be Linked to Insulin Production, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Study

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Insulin plays an important role in making breast milk, according to a new study that may help explain why many mothers have difficulty producing enough milk to nurse their baby. The researchers describe how milk-producing glands become highly sensitive to insulin during lactation and how specific genes in the glands are switched on during lactation.

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