A weekly family oriented newspaper here in Brooklyn has a column called "Nutrition for better health", and quotes Lucas' study as follows: "what a premature infant eats in the first month of life can have lasting intellectual impact. Alan Lucas and his colleagues at the Medical Research Council (MRC) in London report IQ scores for two groups of formula fed children; one, the average, the other especially formulated by MRC. They were tested when they were about eight years old. While girls from the two groups performed about equally, boys from the preemie formula group (MRC formula) scored an average of 12 points highter on verbal tests than boys who received standard formula. According to animal data, males exhibit heightened vulnerability to effects of neonatal malnutrition on learning and behavior." Does anyone know what this is all about? Has anyone heard of "MRC" formula??? thanks for your help. Pearl Shifer, IBCLC NYC mailto:[log in to unmask] ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]