Breast Milk Hormones and Regulation of Glucose Homeostasis

Table 1

Breast milk (BM) hormones and their action on glucose homeostasis.

	BM levels (range or mean value)	Blood glucose	Insulin secretion	Insulin action
Leptin	0.2–73.22 ng/mL	Reduces	Inhibits	Increases
Adiponectin	4–88 ng/mL	Reduces	Inhibits	Increases
Resistin	1745 pg/mL	Increases	?	Reduces
Ghrelin	97.3–3250 pg/mL	Increases	Inhibits	Reduces