Would there be intrinsic cholesterol in soy formula, as it's a plant
product? Cow formula, however, could have intrinsic cholesterol, being an
animal product. Cholesterol, despite its bad name, is required for nerve
development.
<<http://www.appliedseparations.com/Applications/downloads/SCF/sfe512Fatfrom
InfantFormula.pdf>> is a system/process which removes fat from infant
formula. "Conventional methods of fat extraction from infant formulas are
time and labor intensive, and require large amounts of hazardous solvents.
Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) using CO2 as a solvent is a
solvent-free alternative method for extraction and isolation of fat content
from different milkbased nutrition products." (This was a company visited by
President Obama at the same time he visited a Nestle plant in Allentown PA
in December.)
If one was interested in South Beach, Flat Belly or similar diet, there is a
lot of talk about polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and monounsaturated
fatty acids (MUFA). The success of the SB and similar diets include MUFA
consumption at every meal. " MUFAs are broken down into categories
consisting of olives, chocolate, oils, nuts and seeds and avocados. In the
oil category, you can use sesame, peanut, canola, safflower, olive,
flaxseed, soybean and walnut oils and even pesto sauce. Nuts and seeds such
as almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, sunflower seeds, hazelnuts and macadamia
nuts are rich in MUFAs. Black and green olives are also on the list along
with dark and semisweet chocolates."
<<http://www.ehow.com/way_5340274_mufa-diet-foods.html?ref=fuel&utm_source=y
ahoo&utm_medium=ssp&utm_campaign=yssp_art>>
Human milk is high in MUFA, infant formula is high in PUFA but trying to
catch up with human milk by adding MUFA.
I've wondered if the high MUFA level in human milk has a lot to do with the
typically lean breastfed babies/children/adults, or in the growing obesity
level of the formula fed humans? If you follow along with these diet
concepts, it makes sense. It may not necessarily be the lack of PUFA which
decreases the risk of obesity, it may be the high level of MUFA.
Best wishes,
Sam Doak
Marietta Ohio
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Dear Friends:
A dietician in a class I taught yesterday asked about cholesterol in infant
formula. I know there is cholesterol in human milk. I've heard that formula
either lacks any cholesterol or has only 1/3 of the cholesterol of human
milk.
Does anyone have any information to answer the question "Is there
cholesterol in infant formula?
warmly, and thanks
--
Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI>>
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