In regard to homemade formula and specifically the recipe on the Weston A.
Price foundation.
I had a contact ask me about this recipe. Since I am not a nutrionist, I
asked my friend and mentor, who is a Public Health Nutritionist and Chair of
the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada's Nutrition Committee - Johanna
Bergerman.
The 3 concerns about homemade formula she has, are:
1. the protein content. The cow's milk protein has to be modified, through
heat treatment, for the baby to digest it more easily. It is a very
difficult process to heat treat milk to modify the protein. She would have
serious concerns with a homemade formula that is not heat treated. If
homemade formula HAD to be given (no other options), a recipe that used
evaporated whole milk would be much better than raw milk.
2. essential nutients are missing, especially Folic Acid.
3. Iron - must be in an absorbable form.
So I read Johanna the recipe listed on the Weston Price Foundation website.
http://www.westonaprice.org/children/recipes.html
She noted that it has no folic acid. The added fats are good, but it is
unknown what effects these sources (coconut oil) would have on the baby.
bifidobacterium infantis is good. There is NO folic acid listed, and this
is a CRITICAL nutrient.
It is NOT heat treated, so protein is not modified for baby to digest.
There is no added iron.
In her opinion, she would strongly recommend use of a commercial formula,
rather than homemade.
I should not be quoting her on this list, but I believe she would be
interested if anyone had the same assessment of the recipe or homemade
formula in general, or saw some factors that she had not considered. She is
not on Lactnet, but I would pass these along to her.
Janice Reynolds
-----Original Message-----
From: Lactation Information and Discussion
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Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 12:41 PM
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Subject: homemade formula
On Jun 1, 2007, at 1:25 PM, LACTNET automatic digest system wrote:
> Formula is basically skimmed milk powder plus added sugar - whether
> it's home-made or manufactured.
I recently read the formula recipes in Nourishing Traditions, and,
frankly, I would rather feed those plus a vitamin to my child if I had
to, than commercial formula. At least their recipe is made from
recognizable foods, and I could control for the source and not be
feeding my child the cheapest, crummiest oils and sugars available.
http://www.westonaprice.org/children/recipes.html
So thankful I can lactate,
Lynn in MO
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