Unfortunately, many American are now consuming soy foods in high
amounts as infant formula, soy milk and tofu - based products, usually as a substitute for nourishing animal foods.
Not exact matches
To provide the right
amount of iron for a baby in her first year, keep her on
formulas with iron added,
as this
amount fits the recommendations for
infants.
Protein and total energy intake,
as well
as the
amount of energy metabolised, are higher among
formula - fed
infants relative to breastfed (14,15), leading to increased body weight during the neonatal period (10) and data suggests that both higher protein intake (16) and weight gain (17) early in life is positively associated with the development of obesity later in childhood.
This is about protecting sales of
infant formulas and weaning foods heavily marketing to mothers in developing countries
as superior to breastfeeding, this despite vast
amounts of evidence for the superiority of breastfeeding over any other method for promoting
infant health.
They reported that aluminum content in soy
formula for 1 - 3 month old
infants could result in an intake of 363 micrograms / kg / day (2088 micrograms / day) alone, not including potential contribution from other foods or water.5 They also reported that soy based or milk - free
formulas contained about 8 - 15 times more cadmium than milk - based
formulas, 6
as well
as high
amounts of fluoride, which, of course, has been known for a long time now.
Inulin is also often added in varying
amounts as a fiber supplement, a prebiotic and even a sweetener to a wide range of processed foods from dairy products and
infant formula to cereals and meal - replacement bars.
The fact that goat's milk contains less than ten percent of the
amount of folic acid contained in cow's milk means that it must be supplemented with folic acid in order to be adequate
as a
formula or milk substitute for
infants and toddlers, and popular brands of goat's milk may advertise «supplemented with folic acid» on the carton.