Last update Sept. 3, 2025

Wheat Germ

Compatible

Safe product and/or breastfeeding is the best option.

Inner part of the wheat seed (approximately 3% of the total weight thereof) that are often excluded, along with the shell, to obtain refined white flour. It contains more protein, fiber, iron and also lipids than refined flour (triglycerides and linoleic acid, palmitic and oleic acids), tocopherols, phytosterols, policosanol, carotenes and vitamin B (Brandolini 2012). Wheat germ oil is a good source of vitamin E, folate, amino acids, magnesium, phosphorus, and zinc  (Weng 2023). Oral and topical dermatological administration.

At the time of the last update, we found no published data on its excretion in breast milk.

Regardless of many attributed properties which are not based on conclusive scientific evidence, it is a healthy food for which a moderate consumption is devoid of toxicity (Weng 2023, Brandolini 2012) and compatible with breastfeeding.

Suggestions made at e-lactancia are done by APILAM team of health professionals, and are based on updated scientific publications. It is not intended to replace the relationship you have with your doctor but to compound it. The pharmaceutical industry contraindicates breastfeeding, mistakenly and without scientific reasons, in most of the drug data sheets.

Jose Maria Paricio, Founder & President of APILAM/e-Lactancia

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References

  1. Weng Z, Chen Y, Liang T, Lin Y, Cao H, Song H, Xiong L, Wang F, Shen X, Xiao J. A review on processing methods and functions of wheat germ-derived bioactive peptides. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2023;63(22):5577-5593. Abstract
  2. Brandolini A, Hidalgo A. Wheat germ: not only a by-product. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2012 Abstract

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