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Lisa, the matter of the WHO guidelines to use water at 70 degrees C to
reconstitute powdered artificial baby milk (ABM), and the fact that this
also would affect probiotics negatively, came up in a presentation I gave
recently. There is no easy answer on that, and the jury is still out on the
effectiveness of probiotics added to this type of mixture. There's a
Cochrane Review that covers that, but I don't have it in front of me
However, I wouldn't add breastmilk to a bottle of ABM for fear that the
protective properties would be rendered less effective. (I don't have a
recent reference. Perhaps someone else has?) I tell mothers to give their
milk first, and then the other stuff separately. Sure, they'll mix in the
baby's stomach, but the human milk should already be doing some good before
the ABM is given. Comments?
Virginia,
in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Lisa Paul wrote:
Because of the wonderful sharing of this group, I am aware that WHO
standards for formula preparation involve heating the water to make the
non-sterile formula safe. Today it occurred to me that this practice would
kill any probiotics in the formula. I know one brand says on their website
not to heat up past 100F to get the benefits of the probiotic.
Do the good bacteria in breastmilk help to contradict the non-sterile state
of powder formula? If a mom were to add breastmilk to a bottle of formula
prepared with cool water, does that help? Are the probiotics more of a
marketing gimick? (I am a believer of probiotics for adults, I am thinking
it could help infants too? But is there any evidence that it does?)
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