In einer eMail vom 16-9-2004 22:27:35 West-Europa (zomertijd) schreibt  
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Is soy  somehow worse than cow's milk?
The other formulas like Alimentum,  Nutramigen are far more expensive than
soy formulas and really not  necessary unless the child is unable to
tolerate the regular formulas.  There will always be mothers who are unable
to provide milk for their  babies. In the absence of wet nurses and
affordable banked breast milk, an  organic formula would be the lesser
evil. I don't see why anyone would  object to it on the shelves of a
natural food store.
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Ofcourse, if a mom really *can* not in any way provide her own milk for her  
baby then there must be a substitute. According to the WHO  guidelines  other 
human milk is the third choice (after mom´s own milk right from the tap as  nr 
1 and mom's own expressed milk as nr 2), and AIM is only nr 4 in row of  
preference.
We as lactation professionals do know that way less moms that *seem* to be  
unable to lactate *really* are unable so. Most of the time it is a iatrogenic  
situation. But I do know that even among the organic and ecologic thinking and 
 eating people lots do not even consider breastfeeding, the same as in 
regular  population. And if they do breastfeed, they often see hcp's from  within 
their "settings" who often have terribly bad knowledge about  lactation.
In cases of really insuffisient or not existing milksupply, the "organic"  
mom will want to feed her baby organic formula. That need not be  plant-based. 
Animal milks can be organic, too. Soy is, in the light of many  studies done, 
not the first option, because it has many possible unwanted side  effects, both 
short and long term. The ecologically logical choice would be  animal milk 
rather than plant milk. Infants are not plant-eaters.
In order to get an even remotely compatible infant food to replace species  
specific infant food like human milk, all kinds of milk (be it from animal or  
plant origin) must be processed. It thus is a contradictio in terminis  to 
speak of "organic infant formula". AIF can be made of organical grown  
ingredients, but the product after prosessing can't really be labelled organic.  

Warmly,

Gonneke van Veldhuizen, Dutch IBCLC in  Germany


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