First, commercial formula is WAY more than just skimmed milk powder 
and added sugars. They add necessary fats, including coconut or a 
similar one and less-wonderful fats than those in Weston-Price's 
formula. They reduce the protein levels, balance the whey/casein more 
favorably (but in varying ratios) and add taurine and cysteine as these 
specific amino acids are insufficient (and brain damage can occur). They 
add vitamin C, E, selenium, manganese etc. They reduce the 
phosphourous and calcium, potassium and salt.

Weston Price's formula is not low in folic acid nor iron. That's what the 
yeast is for. The process of making whey for the recipe leads to nicely 
broken-down protein (fermented) (if you have time to do this) and 
balances the casein/whey nicely. All the added ingredients help to 
reduce the protein and some other factors and the overall 
carb/protein/fat ratios are good although the formula is still too high in 
phosphorous and too low in manganese, according to my personal 
estimations, and these are at the least: who knows what else? When 
100% of diet from birth, this is scary.

I'm all for bucking industry and going organic, raw etc. but the formula 
industry has put in 100 years of research with at least hundreds of 
scientists and made delicate improvements to their formula constantly 
and still do today --- constantly reducing the greater mortality and 
bringing development closer to human-fed babies. Of course, there's 
still a large gap but it has a proven track record and personally I'd be 
afraid to give my baby something with very few test babies behind it.

Myenberg has a "formula" on Dr. Sears' website that is just 
condensed/powdered goat's milk, water and sugar. They state in fine 
print at bottom of page that it's only for 6 months and older and that 
one could add a multi-vitamin, but it's named "Infant Formula" in large 
predominant print at the top of the page. YOu want dangerous? 
This "formula" is frightenly low in fats and imbalanced in all kinds of 
ways. This given to a baby from birth would be a little better than 
unaltered animal milk (which may have a 50 to 70% mortality rate when 
exclusive from birth), but is very risky still, unless a child has plenty of 
other foods in  their diet.

This is all an interesting new trend and I'm eager to see how it goes.

linda palmer, dc
author "Baby Matters, What Your Doctor
May Not Tell You About Caring for Your Baby"

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