PERBEDAAN PENGARUH PEMBERIAN AIR SUSU IBU (ASI) DAN SUSU FORMULA TERHADAP DERAJAT KEASAMAN (pH) SALIVA PADA BAYI

Breastfeeding milk and infant formulas are the main nutritional source for babies under six months. The main component carbohydrate for breastfeeding milk is lactose. Infant formulas have a lower lactose level than breastfeeding milk that needs sugar addition to balance carbohydrate level with breastfeeding milk. The purpose of this research is to know the difference effects of breastfeeding and infant formulas feeding towards babies� salivary degree of acidity (pH). Subjects were 30 babies aged 4 to 6 months divided into two groups consisting breastfeeding and infant formulas with 15 babies each. Both groups were given breastfeed milk or even infant formulas in 10 minutes time, the babies were then being taken the saliva and being done the salivary pH measurement of pre and 5, 10, also 15 minutes post consumption. The result came out after being analyzed using SPS Fisher Spearman-Hadi. There was a significant difference in salivary pH reduction between breastfeeding babies with infant formulas� with a significance value of 0,001 (p