The reason soy would be preferred over cows milk is related to some of
the issues that were raised regarding donor breast milk; for some
observant Jews, cow's milk must come from cows that were milked under
supervision to guarantee that no other milk was added, from an animal
that we are forbidden to eat such as a pig or a horse. Some observant
Jews trust in the laws of the health dept. that also forbid adding any
other milk, so they will use dairy products made from milk that is not
necessarily obtained "under observation". So they might use cows milk
based formula when other observant jews might not.    There is no such
problem with soy, since it is a vegetable product. This is not to say
that soy is the preferred fodd for Orthodox newborns!!! It is something
that has gotten twisted so that people forget what is important and what
isn't....Orthodox Jews are subject to formula propoganda just like anyone
else. The drawbacks are never mentioned, re soy. But as the word gets
out, more people will opt not to use it.  There is a brand of cow milk
based formula that does have supervision, when that first happened I was
boiling mad, bec. then lots of mothers would feel comfortable using that
instead of breastfeeding. However, many observant women will breastfeed
due to the child spacing aspect bec. they don't use aritifical birth
control.
Hope this clarifies a complicated issue.
Pearl Shifer, IBCLC
NYC
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