Do FFers know this risk?

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Do FFers know this risk?
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Sat, 07-18-2009 - 4:15pm

Do most FFing parents know powdered infant formulas are not commercially sterile products? How much of a risk is a E. sakazakii infection? Is it only a risk to premature and low-weight babies? According to the WHO article below, "infants under 2 months of age are at greatest risk."


According to the FDA, "a



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Registered: 04-07-2009
Mon, 07-27-2009 - 10:07pm
I think you're getting a bit too worked up over this. We should all probably take a step back and just calm down.




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Registered: 06-17-2007
Mon, 07-27-2009 - 10:07pm

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What is meant by "these days"? Have my Vitamin D requirements changed?

That aside, I would rather seek to get it from natural sources than to supplement unnecessarily. I could never advocate doing additional supplementation of something without bothering to see if it was actually necessary. These supplements have side effects; why would I push something with negative side effects when the positive outcomes are unnecessary?

If you think I should get E tested for Vitamin D deficiency, make the case for the likelihood that she is and I'll consider it. But I'm not going to just assume she needs it because "everybody" needs it, and I'm not going to supplement her just because someone says that lots of people have Vit D deficiency. That's like saying that E should go on a diet because too many babies are headed for obesity. Such bad logic has no place in my brain.




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Registered: 07-11-2006
Mon, 07-27-2009 - 10:07pm
Does "Lichqueen" have a negative or insulting meaning, or are you talking about another term?

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Registered: 06-04-2004
Mon, 07-27-2009 - 10:09pm

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Um, no I am not. Sorry you think that.

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"We should"? I'm perfectly calm. You're welcome to do whatever you like.

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Registered: 07-11-2006
Mon, 07-27-2009 - 10:14pm

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I am not very well informed about vitamin D, but I am beginning to grasp the basics. As a fair skinned, Scandinavian type living in New England, chances are I am vitamin D deficient every winter and catch up in the summer IF I don't compulsively use sunscreen.

New England is above the latitude where the chance of deficiency is likely. Almost everyone in Alaska is deficient, almost no one in Arizona is deficient.

OTOH, Macbump is well versed in the hormone misnomered as, vitamin D

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Registered: 07-07-2008
Mon, 07-27-2009 - 10:16pm

It's best to get Vit D from a natural source as much as possible. Vitamin D is one of the 4 fat-soluable vitamins that we need (along with A, E, K), but they can be harmful if we have too much of them. Too much Vitamin D can actually be fatal. Because it is fat soluable, it is not excreted from our bodies as easily as water-soluable vitamins and therefore, it can accumulate and lead into excess.


With this in mind, even with the growing concern of using sunscreen for everything, most people still get enough Vit D from sun exposure.


As far as a source, I learned all of this in my nutrition course that I took in nursing school. I still have the text books, but I would have to pull them out and get the references for you. :)


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Registered: 03-28-2003
Mon, 07-27-2009 - 10:16pm

Psst. What you are responding to is BSM's words, not harmony's, iirc.

Just wanted you to know.

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Registered: 07-11-2006
Mon, 07-27-2009 - 10:18pm
shhhh....yes, I know, but sometimes Harmony isn't aware of the context....

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Registered: 07-11-2006
Mon, 07-27-2009 - 10:20pm
Exactly! I've heard that it's really a Sunlight Deficiency not a Vitamin D Deficiency.

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Registered: 04-07-2009
Mon, 07-27-2009 - 10:21pm
Makes sense to me. It's hard to portray meaning and inflection through text so it was easy for me to misunderstand.




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