Types of baby formula
Artificial mixes are available in three forms:
• dry mix with instructions how much to add water;
• liquid concentrate, which is bred in half;
• ready-to-use liquid mixture, which can immediately be poured into a bottle.
Your choice of the form of the mixture depends mainly on time and financial means. Dry mixes are the cheapest, but the preparation of the milk takes the most time;Ready-to-use mixes are the most expensive, but the easiest to use. Although the more expensive, ready-to-use mixes work best when you travel or when you are too busy to make milk from powder. Check the final sales date on the with the mix;Do not buy or use crumpled jars or leaky, damaged bags.
The nutrient content is approximately the same in dry and liquid mixtures. The difference is what type of oil is used as a source of fat. For the production of certain mixtures in a dry form, corn oil is used, and in liquid soybean oil. Note regarding liquid mixtures against dry. Since it is technically difficult to convert liquid oils and fats into powder, some mixtures, at the time of writing this book, do not contain linolenic acid, which some nutritionists consider an essential fatty acid. Talk with your doctor to make sure that the mixture you have chosen contains all the nutrients currently recommended.
Iron-enriched mixtures of
It is recommended to use iron-fortified mixtures of unless your doctor gives you other instructions. Blends marked "low in iron" contain insufficient amounts of iron;in my opinion, there is no point in using them. Enriched iron contains the amount of iron recommended by the American Pediatric Academy and other organizations. Ask your doctor which iron-enriched mixture to choose. Since the iron contained in artificial mixtures is not as well absorbed as iron from breast milk, be prepared for the fact that the chair of your imbued child will be green( the iron is green).In this case, the green chair does not matter. Although some parents claim that iron-enriched mixtures cause a more violent disorder in their child than iron-free mixtures, control studies comparing mixtures with iron and without it have shown that there is no difference in their ability to cause gastrointestinal disorders.
"Hypoallergenic" soy mixes
In truth, there is only one hy-allergenic mixture - human milk. For years, soy mixtures have been imposed as less allergenic than cow's milk mixtures, but we have the following prejudices against soy mixtures:
• Although soy mixtures can cause allergies less often than cow-milk mixtures, 30-50% of children, who are allergic to cow's milk, are also allergic to soy.
• In families where there are many cases of allergy, parents are sometimes advised to start feeding the newborn with soya mixtures in the hope of preventing the occurrence of allergies later. Studies have not confirmed this practice. The initial feeding of a newborn with soy mixtures does not reduce the possibility of the occurrence of an allergy in the future. Also, the use of soy mixtures does not reduce the risk of infantile colic( abdominal pain).For these reasons, the Nutrition Committee of the American Pediatric Academy does not recommend the use of soy protein based mixtures as a primary means of preventing colic or for children with potential allergies.
• Soy is found in many food products, more often as an additive hidden by the manufacturer. If you give a baby soy in infancy, when his intestines are more permeable to soy allergens, this can lead to a child's predisposition to allergy to soy in the future, even when he becomes an adult.
• The labels of most soy mixtures are now full of the inscriptions "does not contain lactose."The meaning of using artificial mixtures without lactose is doubtful. Lactose is the sugar contained in human milk and in the milk of all other mammals. Why go against the experienced nature? Lactose improves the absorption of calcium, helps the reproduction of beneficial bacteria in the intestines of the child, and is also a rich source of galactose, a valuable nutrient for the brain.(Substitute lactose with sugar in some soy mixtures is corn syrup, which is itself an allergen.) In the intestine of the child there is an enzyme lactase, designed for digesting lactose. However, temporary often occurs as a result of lactase deficiency after a previous intestinal infection. Although it is sometimes recommended to use soy mixtures to reduce the resulting diarrhea, the American Nursing Education Committee recommends that not use lactose-free compounds for children recovering from diarrhea every day.
• Most soy mixtures contain more salt, and the bioavailability( activity) of iron and zinc added to them may be lower than in other mixtures.
At the moment, the only unconditional indication for the use of soy mixtures without lactose are cases where a child has lactase deficiency, a rare disease in which the body is not able to digest lactose, and some cases of allergy to mixtures of cow's milk. Always consult your pediatrician before switching to a soy mix if you feel that your child is allergic to cow's milk.
Other "hypoallergenic" mixtures of
When you see "hypoallergenic" or "hydrolyzed protein" on the label of the mixture, these terms mean that the potentially allergenic protein has been pre-processed, that is, decomposed into smaller proteins that are less allergenic in theory. Children who are allergic to mixtures of cow's milk can tolerate these mixtures better, but at a price. Mixtures whose hypoallergenicity is proven( Nutramigen, Pre-gestimil, Alimentum) are very expensive( four to five times more expensive than conventional mixtures).Another disadvantage of some of these mixtures is the lack of lactose as a source of carbohydrates and in replacing it with corn syrup and modified cornstarch. And the third problem is their unpleasant taste.