The truth about trend of new mothers drinking their OWN breast milk – after Kourtney Kardashian confessed to downing an entire glass because she ‘felt sick’

Breast milk is rich in proteins, vitamins and minerals and is designed to nourish your baby while strengthening their immune system.

But would that be enough to get you to try some for yourself?

Somewhat bizarrely, celebrities are trying to reap the same immune-boosting health benefits by drinking their own breast milk.

Kourtney Kardashian, no stranger to an unusual health trend, admitted this week to downing a drink because she felt “sick.”

The 44-year-old – Kim’s older sister – stunned her millions of fans with her post, accompanied by a selfie of her lying in bed. Kourtney breastfed her son Rocky Thirteen for five months.

The star previously shared a photo of herself pumping breast milk in a plunging black dress after welcoming her son Rocky with husband Travis Barker last year

She wrote on Instagram: ‘This filter is crazy and I just swallowed a glass of breast milk because I felt nauseous. Good night.’

Kourtney, who is married to Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker, promotes supplements to boost healthy breast milk production. Plus, she previously shared a photo of herself pumping breast milk in sexy black lingerie after welcoming her son last year.

But she’s not the first big name to try drinking breast milk. Brody Jenner admitted to using his fiancée Tia Blanco’s stash in his morning coffee.

The Hills alum said the unconventional creamer was “delicious” in a YouTube video, which revealed he had run out of almond milk.

Meanwhile, Jennifer Aniston admitted live on Jimmy Kimmel in 2014 that she tried breast milk.

In October, British reality star Ferne McCann also surprised viewers of Steph’s Packed Lunch when she appeared on the show to talk about her six-month-old daughter Finty and revealed she had also tried her own breast milk.

Ferne, who is also a doting mother to daughter – who she shares with her ex Arthur Collins – said her breast milk was like ‘liquid gold’.

The 44-year-old and her husband Travis Barker announced in early November that she had given birth to their son Rocky Thirteen

Kourtney Kardashian isn’t the only celebrity trying to reap the immune-boosting health benefits of breast milk

She also revealed that nurses told her to use it as a first aid. “When Finty was born, she had a bit of a weepy eye, and the midwives in the community said, ‘Put on some breast milk,'” the model explained.

“If Lorri had a blister, I would suggest squeezing the blister just a little bit and it would heal in a few moments.”

Breast milk consists of 88 percent water, but the remaining 12 percent provides everything a baby needs to grow, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins and minerals.

The NHS says on its advice page that ‘any amount is helpful’, reducing the risk of babies getting certain infections.

In addition, it states that the tailor-made fluid can reduce the epidemic of sudden infant death syndrome, childhood diabetes and leukemia.

Although it is not intended for adults to drink, there has been scientific research into its potential benefits.

Similar to how it works in babies, a team of Irish researchers said it was worth investigating whether drinking breast milk could help fight infections and mild illnesses.

One 2019 judgement, published in the journal Nutrients, suggested that breast milk could be used to reduce skin conditions such as eczema and dermatitis.

Although considered strange by many, experts say there is “no risk whatsoever” if an adult consumes their own breast milk. The same logic applies to milk from someone they trust.

She’s one of many stars to have followed the bizarre health trend, with Ferne McCann also admitting she’s tried her own breast milk

Ferne McCann revealed that nurses told her to use breast milk as a first aid

‘When Kourtney Kardashian drank her own milk to relieve her nausea, she was certainly not doing herself any harm, and was probably doing some good,’ says Sarah Oakley, an independent nurse and health visitor specializing in breastfeeding.

Ms Oakley, based in Cambridgeshire, believes that if breast milk is nutritious enough to support a baby’s growth, it is also nutritious enough for children and adults.

She said: ‘No one questions the nutritional value of cow’s milk, or goat’s milk or even plant-based milk, so I can’t understand why we continually question the value of breast milk, which has evolved over millions of years to be the best and most provide complete nutrition. for babies.’

She even says it’s “biologically completely normal” to breastfeed until age 7, which she says is often seen as “weird.”

However, the NHS says that while any amount of breastfeeding is helpful, feeding breast milk ‘exclusively’ for the first six months of life offers ‘much more protection’.

Continuing breastfeeding for one or two years is also endorsed by the WHO.

‘Human milk contains antibodies that protect the baby or child from infection, which is crucial in the early years as the immune system is not fully developed until the age of seven,’ Ms Oakley said.

However, she does warn that you need to provide the milk is free from disease or drugs and has been properly stored.

Brody Jenner also admitted last year that he used some of his fiancée’s breast milk in his morning coffee after going without almond milk

Although perfect for babies, consumption by adults can be risky, especially if they buy it from strangers.

It can even transmit infectious diseases such as hepatitis B, HIV and syphilis.

NHS milk banks that accept donations from mothers and expectant mothers are having women take health tests to ensure they are not carrying any of these diseases and inadvertently passing them on to babies.

The same goes for medications and prescription medications, some of which can pass into breast milk.

NHS milk banks also pasteurise the liquid, heating it to kill any bacteria and testing it to ensure it is safe for babies to consume.

Ms Oakley said: ‘If an adult consumes their own milk there is no risk whatsoever.

‘If anyone, at any age, whether a baby or a pensioner, drinks milk from another human being, there is a risk of disease transmission. That is why breast milk is donated to milk banks for sick and premature babies (for whom donor milk is often life-threatening). savings) is sieved and pasteurized.

‘Of course, unpasteurized cow’s milk can also transmit diseases. That’s why we pasteurize it for human consumption.

‘So anyone drinking milk from another human should consider the source (is the donor healthy) and may want to pasteurize the milk, which can be done at home.’

Breast milk has also gained a reputation online as a bodybuilding superfood, under the controversial logic that if it helps babies gain mass quickly, the same should apply to humans.

Others have even said it has kept them cancer-free, a health claim with very little evidence.

The NHS says that any amount of breastfeeding is helpful, but that feeding breast milk ‘exclusively’ for the first six months of life offers ‘much more protection’.

However, experts have dismissed the idea of ​​breast milk as a superfood for athletes.

Breast milk is low in protein, high in fat and contains large amounts of lactose that many people cannot digest, making it a poor supplement for bodybuilding.

One expert even said, “There’s nothing specific in it that makes adults gain muscle.”

The cancer claims are based on some preliminary research that suggests a type of protein in breast milk may be able to kill some cancer cells.

Not all breast milk contains the same nutritional values.

In fact, the composition of breast milk varies according to a 2016 reportshowing that there are changes between feedings during the day and between different women, which depends on how the baby grows and develops.

First breast milk, medically known as colostrum, is rich in compounds that boost the immune system, and in subsequent weeks the milk develops to contain more nutrients, according to Sarah Steele, a researcher at the University of Cambridge.

In The conversation she explains that mature milk contains about 70 calories per 100 grams, which consists of about 4 grams of fat, 7 grams of carbohydrates and 1 gram of protein.