Good to see your post on Lactnet just now, Marsha.  It's very timely.  The 
current television advertising for "follow-on" and "toddler" concoctions in 
Australia heavily implies that only by giving babies these products can they 
get the various additives. No one is out there saying that giving this stuff 
is how to have less, not more.

I present the Pregnancy & Breastfeedingworkshops to pharmacy interns from 
time to time and so I provide the groups with references they can access to 
weigh against the advertising.  In addition I keep it simple so that they 
have clear take-away messages that they can remember. The sheer amount of 
human oligosaccharides in human milk, "130 and counting", is a good one I 
used last time. I love doing these workshops as the young pharmacists are so 
engaged.

Virginia
in Brisbane, QLD, Australia

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From: "Marsha Walker" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 10:40 PM
Subject: Formula composition speaker


> Yes, I often speak on formula composition at conferences and in-services.
> Was there a particular question that you had?
>
> Also, I found the post regarding the physician who did not believe that
> breastmilk had much value very interesting. Sounds like someone believes
> the guff that formula companies have been spreading very thickly lately.
> The data on how formula affects the gut microbiome is very compelling in
> terms of how different formula is from human milk. I wonder how this
> physician justifies how a manufactured product could come anywhere near 
> the
> dynamics of how human milk affects infants. None of the ingredients in
> formula are human-derived and simply do not act in the same manner as 
> those
> in human milk. The oligosaccharides in formula come from pectin, the DHA
> from fermented microalgae, the ARA from soil fungus, the fats (oils) from
> genetically modified corn and soy, etc. Studies have shown how some 
> preterm
> infants cannot digest infant formula which reaches their gut as whole
> intact proteins and causes an inflammatory reaction (can anyone say 
> NEC!!).
> One study showed how infant formula in a preterm gut actually caused gut
> cells to explode. Last time I checked, human milk didn't do that!
>
> The beliefs this physician has are very worrying as it sounds like he/she
> was just recently trained. Of course this is probably not too surprising
> based on the thousands of dollars spent on each medical student, intern,
> and resident by the formula companies.
>
> Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
> Weston, MA
>
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