Cow-milk Sentence Examples
Both human milk and cow milk contain rather low levels of iron (0.5-1.0 mg iron/liter).
However, the iron in the mother's breast milk is about 50 percent absorbed by the infant, while the iron of cow milk is only 10 percent absorbed.
Iron deficiency can be provoked where infants are fed formulas based on unfortified cow milk.
For example, unfortified cow milk is given free of charge to mothers in Chile.
People who are accustomed to the standard American diet--which is heavy on meat, bread, and dairy--are often surprised to know that it is possible to meet the necessary nutritional requirements without cow milk or gluten-containing grains.