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Just a few thoughts on these two topics. First, I think that the formula
company literature that Nikki is referring to is old. Check the date on the
bottom of the materials. Ross resisted putting the DHA/ARA into their formulas at
first because they were probably unsure of what their return on investment
would be. They even convened a meeting on this issue, exploring whether it was
actually necessary to add the stuff. The data back then and now still shows
that there is little if any advantage to the infant to add the stuff to
formula (and some hazards). They wound up adding the DHA/ARA because they did not
want to let their competition secure an advantage in the marketplace. This has
nothing to do with health, as shown by an analysis of whether the product
would make money. Formulaid is Martek's name of the DHA/ARA combination of
fatty acids:
Hambrecht & Quist- investment advisors and financial analysts Spot Report,
June 3,1996
n“…with all products being almost identical and marketers competing
intensely to differentiate their product...”
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“Even if Formulaid had no benefit, we think that it would be widely
incorporated into most formulas as a marketing tool and to allow companies to
promote their formulas as ‘closest to human milk.’ "
The other thought I had was about the report from the SIDS conference and
the mistaken notion that pacifiers are protective for SIDS. The original data on
pacifier use and SIDS showed that some babies come to rely or depend on
pacifiers to modulate their breathing. SIDS happened in pacifier-dependent
babies when they lost their pacifier during the night. Deliberately making a baby
dependent on a pacifier in order to prevent SIDS is quite frightening. What
are parents supposed to do--glue the piece of plastic into the baby's mouth at
night, put him all alone into a crib on his back, in a separate room, and
wire him to an apnea monitor, motion sensor, sonar, radar, and install a
telemetry unit in their bedroom?
Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
Weston, MA
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