Now I'm a little puzzled. I learned several years ago that babies who are sensitive to dairy in mom's diet and need supplementation should NOT be given cows' milk based formula, but should start at least at the soy level. AND, I learned that 2 of 3 babies who react to cow's milk based formulas will *also* react to soy--- it isn't as hypoallergenic as the public is led to believe. This leaves the expensive "hypo" allergenic formulas, the ones based on meat and ???? (yech!). They stink, but they are often the best alternatives. Why am I puzzled? Because of the discussion of the denaturing of the cow's milk protein in ABM. It makes sense to me that this change may make it "safer" than fresh milk, but what about the fact that some women must eliminate not only fresh dairy from their diets, but also whey, casein, protein caseinate, etc.? Seems to me that these are "denatured" cow's protein also, and yet some babies react to even these smaller sources in mom's diet. Unfortunately, I'm one of those people who read a lot, remember little tidbits, but can rarely remember later on the sources of the curious info. I *do* believe, personally, that juvenile diabetes is on the rise not only because of early introduction of cow's milk into children's diets, but also from the use of cow's milk based ABMs. And who knows; maybe they will find a soy link, also. In fact, the "lack of breastmilk" may be a better definer than naming one substance..... I'm speculating today. Anyone else with thoughts expanding upon mine? -Lisa ****************************************************************************** Lisa A. Marasco, IBCLC / [log in to unmask] International Board Certified Lactation Consultant / [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************************