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> Janet,
>
> I for one believe that, of the cow's milk proteins, the whey protein is easier for many babies to
> digest than casein.
>
> I have noticed for years that many babies, especially those other than
> caucasian (like three of mine and many other adopted babies) were more
> likely to tolerate certain milk-based formulas than others.  When I
> asked some of the formula reps about it, I found that the one that
> seemed to cause the most trouble has the highest percentage of casein.
>
> A few months ago, I wrote to the company you spoke of and asked them if
> they could substantiate their claims that their formula was easier to
> digest and they sent me a copy of an article entitled "Whey Protein
> Hydrolysate Formula for Infants with Gastrointestinal Intolerance to Cow
> Milk and Soy Protein in Infant Formulas (Journal of Pediatric
> Gastroenterology and Nutrition 11:78-82)".  This demonstrated that many,
> but not all, babies could tolerate this type of formula better than
> others.
>
> I have been recommending this formula to adoptive mothers for either
> bottle feeding or  using in a nursing supplementer.  I think it is
> preferable to soy formulas, for several reasons, including the fact that
> none of the soy formulas contain lactose.  The other hypoallergenic
> formulas have such drawbacks as the high cost, very bad taste, which
> some babies will not take, and the fact that they  do not have lactose
> either.  It (the C__n_t__n formula) is obviously no where near as good
> as breastmilk, and their claims of being similar to breastmilk are inappropriate, but I think there are some advantages to it over other
> formulas.
>
> Aloha,
> Darillyn Starr