It's called "dinoflagellate Crypthecodinium cohnii" - that from a Google
search.
"Any of numerous minute, chiefly marine protozoans of the order
Dinoflagellata, characteristically having two flagella and a cellulose
covering and forming one of the chief constituents of plankton. They
include bioluminescent forms and forms that produce red tide."
http://www.answers.com/topic/dinoflagellate
This site will tell you more than you cared to know.
It's the same stuff they put in the new formulas - all brands - same source.
Dinoflagellates and plankton may be what whales eat, but it is a Novel Food
for humans, according to the FDA (or is it the patent description at the
USPTO?). That means it is not part of the normal human food chain. But we
are not feeding it to our babies and to our mothers during pregnancy. Some
babies who are fed this stuff have awful diarrhea, so mom is advised to
change to another brand. Problem is, all brands buy from the same producer:
Martek.
Can you say: Brave New World?
And it's expensive!


Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC, RLC
Glendale, AZ
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> Has anyone heard of the Enfamil-created Expecta Lipil supplements? One of
my
> clients said her doctor gave them to her in pregnancy and she took them,
> continues to take them while nursing.  The packaging says:  DHA Supplement
> for Pregnant and Nursing Mothers.  Support your baby's brain and eye
> development during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.  A non-fish source
of
> DHA. (It's actually derived from Crypthecodinium cohnil oil--whatever that
> is).
>
> I wonder about this, particularly because this baby is not acting right.
> Seven weeks old and never has a quiet alert state.  Either eating,
sleeping,
> or screaming, no happy time, no communication.  I have stressed my
concerns
> to the mother a few times without trying to panic her, keep telling her to
> have the baby checked out thoroughly by the pediatrician, but now I'm
> wondering about this supplement . . . 
>
> Terri Lear, BA, IBCLC
> Breastfeeding Solutions, LLC
> 703-313-0040 office
> 703-254-6731 mobile
>  
> "Be the change you want to see in the world."--Mahatma Ghandi
>
> -- 
 

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