Comments on: Soy Infant Formula–Buyer Beware!

By: Cathy Payne

Cathy Payne — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:29:15 +0000

This is outrageous. I see precocious adolescence in girls as young as 7 years old. I hope the word gets out so parents will stop feeding soy to their children. .-= Cathy Payne´s last blog ..ONL057 OMG, We Bought the Farm! =-.

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By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:03:21 +0000

“My wife and I are expecting our first any time now. As a “just in case,” I wanted to have two or three cans of lactose intolerance formula.”

This is one of the first steps to sabotaging the breastfeeding relationship. Careful!

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:46:45 +0000

Kimberly,

It’s too late for my youngest (mommy guilt!) who was given soy formula and then soy milk for years afterward due to galactosemia. But for those who absolutely cannot have dairy of any kind what do you recommend? Can things be added to rice or almond milk to make a complete formula? In the case of galactosemia they cannot even have breast milk. What is the best option for those special cases?

BTW, when dd quit the soy she also quit looking malnourished (big belly, skinny little arms and legs) and the bags went away from under her eyes! She quit being exhausted by 10am and dragging through the day. I still have the guilt of those years of soy but am sooo thankful dc are soy-free now for the most part except for what slips by in ingredients sometimes.

Thanks for your work!
Beth
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By: Local Nourishment

Local Nourishment — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:19:32 +0000

My sister and I weren't breastfed. She was dairy allergic and fed soy formula. She has had a terrible health history, with her reproductive system damaged to the point she couldn't have children and allergies that required weekly injections to keep her out of the hospital. There is no telling, of course, the impact soy had on her. Might she have been healthy with a houseful of children if she hadn't been fed soy? I was fed cow's milk formula and had other health challenges but no reproductive problems. .-= Local Nourishment´s last blog ..Red Dirt On My Sneakers =-.

By: Kimberly Hartke

Kimberly Hartke — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:14:35 +0000

Aaron–check out the homemade recipes on the WAPF website. Making formula with your loving hands will be the best option. Cows milk (unprocessed) is an immune system, it is basically white blood cells and water. This is why rice based formulas just can’t compete–they are not a complete immune system!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:53:19 +0000

My wife and I are expecting our first any time now. As a “just in case,” I wanted to have two or three cans of lactose intolerance formula. I studied all of the formulas currently available. It’s pathetic.

There is one company, located in Iowa, which makes non-soy, lactose-intolerant formula using de-lactosed (organic) cow’s milk. They also certify all of their products to be GMO and BPA free (including the can). They’ve also got a non-milk version made from brown rice rather than soy.

Nature’s One is the company. It’s about $15/can or $180/case of 12.

We’re hoping that breast milk will do the job here, but I’m glad I’ve done the research and have it prepared anyway. Just thought I’d share.
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By: Gail Elbek

Gail Elbek — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:05:22 +0000

Soy is not the answer! Soy is an established estrogenic endocrine disruptor proven to cause extensive irreversible adverse health effects. The FDA does not have evidence of soy phyto-estrogen safety especially not during most fragile developmental exposures. In fact the FDA does not regulate infant formula approval…..for instance, although toxic, if horse droppings can qualify as a protein source, the only FDA requirement for infant formulas is to add essential minerals in order to qualify as a marketable infant formula industry. Soy, as is included in the FDA “Poisonous Plant Database,” is also overwhelmingly published study concluded as causing extensive physiological, (including reproductive), and neurological (including autism) severely damaging health effects.

By: Elizabeth Walling

Elizabeth Walling — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:07:45 +0000

What a crying shame that so many other countries have recognized how terrible this is for our children and yet there is a wall here that prevents us from doing the same. All I can say is that we should spread the word ourselves the best we can. Every child spared from that soy disaster is an enormous step in the right direction. .-= Elizabeth Walling´s last blog ..Weight Loss Wednesday: How Much Fat is Enough? 7 Reasons to Eat More =-.

By: Stanley Fishman

Stanley Fishman — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:36:28 +0000

Soy formula should never be fed to babies. Great Britain and New Zealand have banned the feeding of Soy formula to babies, except when there is no alternative due to health problems. The Israeli Government has stated that infants should not be fed Soy formula.

Other governments have also taken action against soy formula.

Unfortunately, it seems that the profits of the soy formula companies are more important to our government then the health of American babies.