SANDRA EINERHAND
Award Winning Nutrition Consultant –
Einerhand Science & Innovation, Alkmaar, Netherlands

SCIENCE PAVING THE WAY TOWARDS GOOD NUTRITION FROM BIRTH TO ADOLESCENCE
The first few years of life is a period of rapid growth and development. In adolescence too, the body undergoes a growth and development spurt. These two periods in life provide a prime opportunity to set the stage for long-term health and optimal nutrition is key.
The early life nutrition category is very dynamic and known for its pioneering research. It continuously incorporates new findings into products that can support the health and wellbeing of an increasing number of people around the world including the adolescent. Here several of the latest insights are shared that can help pave the way towards good nutrition from birth into adolescence.

1. Breast milk reference: a moving target
For infants, breast milk remains the best nutrition, a result of millions of years of evolution. It is the target reference for development of infant formulas.

Breast milk contains many complex proteins, lipids and carbohydrates, the concentrations of which vary dramatically during a single feeding occasion, as well as throu ...