Historical aspects of the use of goat’s milk as a food product for young children: a review

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Goat milk (GM) has been a valuable food product for children and adults all over the world for thousands of years and has been used as an important element of healthy nutrition and healing. The article provides information confirming the importance of GM, which is described in the studies of ancient greek and roman scientists (Hippocrates, Galen), in traditional chinese and arabic medicine (the works of Li Shizheng and Avicenna). The works of domestic and foreign scientists also show the possibility of using GM not only as an alternative to breast milk, but also as a highly effective means for strengthening health. The functional composition of GM makes it possible to create mixtures as close as possible to breast milk, which can be used as a source of nutrition for children in the absence of breastfeeding.

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Irina N. Zakharova

Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education

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Email: zakharova-rmapo@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4200-4598

D. Sci. (Med.), Prof.

Russian Federation, Moscow

Viktoria V. Pupykina

Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education

Email: vika-pupykina@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2181-8138

Graduate Student

Russian Federation, Moscow

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2. Fig. 1. Feeding vessels of the late Bronze and early Iron Ages from Znojmo (Czech Republic), Harting (Bavaria, Germany), Franzhausen-Kokoron (Austria), Batina (Croatia) and Statzendorf (Austria), c. 1200-600 BC.

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3. Fig. 2. Gian Lorenzo Bernini “The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun”, 1609–1615. Italia, Rome, Galleria Borghese.

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4. Fig. 3. Nicolas Poussin “The Feeding of Jupiter”, 1636–1637. London, Dulwich Picture Gallery.

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5. Fig. 4. Direct application of a breastfed baby to the nipples of a goat, Russian Empire, 1905.

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