So what are benefits of FF for baby?

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So what are benefits of FF for baby?
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Tue, 06-24-2008 - 12:56pm

Reading the post below - benefits to formula - made me think of a new question.


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~*~ Catherine, mom to three grown men - Jason, Michael & Joshua and Granma to Christopher & Leia.


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Sat, 06-28-2008 - 12:49am

LOL too funny! Can I post this on my facebook wall? ;-)













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Sat, 06-28-2008 - 12:56am

OMIGOSH...you mean the very same FDA that approves formula? How sacriligious! Scandalous!

And isn't MSG an ingredient in some formulae too???













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Sat, 06-28-2008 - 1:05am

See I knew it!

I also found this: http://www.westonaprice.org/children/msgformula.html

As for other contaminants this is a VERY interesting read...

http://www.naba-breastfeeding.org/images/Contaminants.pdf

«Aluminum
<5-45 ug/l in breast milk
557-2,346 ug/l in soy formula
Aluminum interferes with cellular metabolic processes and information transfer from DNA
Silicon
55.45ng/ml in milk of mothers with silicone implants
51.05ng/ml in milk of mothers without implants
746-13,811 ng/ml in 26 brands of formula tested for silicon
The effect of large amounts of silicon on an infant is unknown
Cadmium
Cadmium is a highly toxic metal that can cause kidney damage in high amounts. Neurotoxic effects such
as psychomotor disturbances, behavioral and cognitive disorders have been demonstrated in animal models
with low-dose exposure. Cadmium levels can be 6 times higher in soy formula compared to milk- based
formula. Cadmium is also found in cereals with the exposure of dietary cadmium from weaning diets up to
12 times higher in children fed infant formula compared to breast milk.
Genetically engineered corn and soy
Detected in Alsoy (Carnation/Nestle), Similac Neocare (Ross Labs), Isomil (Ross Labs), Prosobee (Mead
Johnson)
Transgenic ingredients pose the risk of introducing novel toxins, new allergens, and increased antibiotic
resistance to infants. The FDA does not require labeling of genetically engineered foods, so parents will
remain unaware that their baby is consuming transgenic ingredients
MSG (processed free glutamic acid and processed free aspartic acid)
These are known neurotoxins found in a number of infant formulas. Because the blood brain barrier is not
fully developed in infants, these neurotoxins are more accessible to the infant brain than the adult brain.
The highest levels of these neurotoxins were found in hypoallergenic formulas. Because no studies have
been done on the long term outcomes of infants fed on hypoallergenic formulas it is unknown if they
will exhibit more learning disabilities at school age, and/or more endocrine disorders such as obesity, and
reproductive disorders, later in life.
Phytoestrogens
Phytoestrogens are endocrine disruptors found in soy formulas. Infants fed soy formula can have circulating
phytoestrogen concentrations that are 13,000-22,000 times higher than normal levels in early life. These
bioactive compounds can create steroid hormone imbalance, compete with enzymes that metabolize steroids,
drugs and xenobiotics, and can influence gonadal function. Genistein can be carcinogenic if exposure
occurs during critical periods of differentiation. Soy formula has been linked to premature thelarche (breast
development in infants and girls under eight years of age). Phytoestrogens (isoflavones) also act on the
thyroid gland. They are well known inducers of goiter and anti-thyroid agents. They act against the thyroid
by inhibition of thyroid peroxidase. Children with autoimmune thyroid disease were three times more likely
to have been fed soy formula in infancy.
2
Phthalates and Bisphenol-A
These are endocrine disrupting industrial chemicals. Phthalates are used as plasticisers and are testicular
toxins as well as estradiol imitators.
Bisphenol-A is used in the production of polycarbonate plastics and has been found in plastic baby bottles.
It can leach from the container and has been known to be estrogenic since 1938. Bisphenol-A resins are
used as lacquers to coat metal products such as food cans. With a high affinity for fatty products, it has
been shown to leach into the content of cans during the autoclaving process, including cans of milk based
infant formula.
Contaminants in water used to reconstitute concentrated and powdered formula
Lead
Lead in water used to reconstitute formula can cause elevations in blood lead levels if used from the hot
water tap or boiled. Boiling concentrates lead. There is a 6 point IQ drop for every 10ug increase in blood
lead levels.
Nitrates
Infants fed formula reconstituted with nitrate-contaminated water are at risk for potentially fatal methemoglobinemia.
Nitrates are converted to nitrites by the baby resulting in hemoglobin being converted to
methemoglobin that cannot bind molecular oxygen. This risk increases if babies under six months are also
fed baby food with high concentrations of nitrates such as green beans and bananas.
Atrazine
Atrazine is a weed killer that causes mammary and uterine cancer in rats. In the cities and towns with
the worst tap water contamination, formula-fed babies who consume reconstituted formula would receive a
lifetime dose of this chemical in the first four months of their lives.
Bacteria
Significant bacterial contamination can occur during home preparation of powdered infant formula.
Reconstituted formula stored in the refrigerator shows increasing bacterial counts over time.»













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Sat, 06-28-2008 - 1:07am
Yup. Totally revolting...and leaves me with a foul taste in my mouth for *anything* the FDA claims, supports, etc.












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Sat, 06-28-2008 - 1:08am

OK Catherine I realize I owe you a coke. Or would you rather another beverage? ;-)













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Sat, 06-28-2008 - 1:09am
Yet more information that *so* boosts my confidence in the FDA. NOT.












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Sat, 06-28-2008 - 1:15am
LOL too funny. :-)












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Sat, 06-28-2008 - 1:16am

That's great Catherine! But you should be directing it to the unbelievers, not yourself! ;-) Or at least to "all". ;-)













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Sat, 06-28-2008 - 1:21am

ok Spud, the VERY FIRST thing you do is you hire a lactation consultant (IBCLC is best...). :-) She might have ideas on how to convince the child that BFing is necessary to survival (I mean 1000 yrs ago it would have been right? Except perhaps something happened during her birth experience to traumetize her...oral suctioning perhaps?).

Secondly...if the LC doesn't succeed, you have her seen by a chiropractor and/or cranial sacral therapist. More than one baby (like literally hundreds) who have aversions to nursing to begin with, do so b/c of some minor pain (from delivery often) when they're held in a certain way or when they move their jaw in a certain way. Solve the problem, and the baby is *so there*, nursing with gusto.

*Some* babies really are hard nuts to crack...some don't nurse for a long time, some never do. Assuming none of those babies had issues during their birth that are "modern day only" issues, but had things happen taht might well have happened 1000+ yrs ago too during birth...well perhaps sometimes those babies wouldn't have made it 1000 yrs ago (and *that* is what formula is for!) but lots of times there is a solution. Sometimes it takes longer to find than others though...

I've heard of moms whose babies wanted nothing to do with nursing, who EPed for a LONG time, like 6-9 mos, whose babies *finally* latched on later in the first year...and went on to nurse for a few years longer. They are rare (in fact, the moms who persevere that long are rare...no wonder!) but they exist. :-)













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Sat, 06-28-2008 - 1:27am

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