Is It Time to Reexamine Iron Content in Infant Formula?

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/521148/

Neonatal mice fed the equivalent amount of iron used in human infant formula develop Parkinson's-like neurodegeneration as they age.

Newswise - A Buck Institute study suggests a need to reexamine iron supplementation in human infant formula, most of which results in the absorption of twelve times the amount of iron versus that absorbed from human breast milk. The suggestion is based on research that shows neonatal mice fed the human equivalent of iron supplementation in human formula developed neurodegeneration akin to that observed in Parkinson's disease (PD) as they aged. Age is the largest risk factor for PD in humans. The study appears in the June 15 on-line edition of the journal Neurobiology of Aging.

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Janice Reynolds

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