Breast milk fully meets the nutritional requirements of the infant in the first few months of life. All of the following are true about breast milk, EXCEPT:
Under normal conditions, Indian mothers secrete 450-600 ml of milk daily with 1.1 gm protein per 100 ml. Maximum output (730 ml/day) is seen at 5 - 6 month and at 12 month output is 525 ml/day. It is reduced to 345 ml/day by 37-38 months of lactation. Ref: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social medicine, 19th edition, Page 422.
Maximum output is seen at 12 months
Coefficient of iron absorption is 70%
Calcium utilization from breast milk is more than cow's milk
Breast milk protein is reference protein