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Contamination of baby milk The Chinese story

Formula feeding risk. Infant formula industry is an $8 billion per year business.Risks of infant formula feeding accounts for :up to 26% of Insulin DDM in childrenhigher Otitis media infections.Infants having 10- fold risk of being hospitalizedcontaminant in powdered formula i.e. melamine and n

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Contamination of baby milk The Chinese story

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    1. Contamination of baby milk" The Chinese story" Mohammed Jawad Musmar, Ph.D,R.Ph, Dean, College of Pharmacy An-Najah National University

    2. Formula feeding risk Infant formula industry is an $8 billion per year business. Risks of infant formula feeding accounts for : up to 26% of Insulin DDM in children higher Otitis media infections. Infants having 10- fold risk of being hospitalized contaminant in powdered formula i.e. melamine and neurotoxins. There may be a connection between glutamate – heavy foods and Alzheimer’s disease glutamate is also a factor in other neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s, MS, Fibromyalgia and Huntington’s.  

    3. What does Infant formula contain? Water – high levels of Fluoride, Nitrates, Metals i.e. lead, Cd. etc. Corn syrup – contains glucose (Mother’s milk contains lactose) Sucrose – wrong sugar for babies. Soy oil – processed using high temp. and chemicals i.e. bleached & deodorized Whey protein – processed using high temp. likely to destroy fragile whey proteins. Soy protein isolate contains phytoestrogens Carrageenan – hard to digest in infants Soy Lecithin – high in pesticides 

    4. Cont. Synthetic Vitamins – often have the opposite effect of “Natural” vitamins free glutamic acid (MSG) and aspartic acid – neurotoxins Concerning phytoestrogens infant fed soy formula may have concentrations higher than 20,000 times the normal levels in early life. Soy formula has been linked to premature thelarche (breast development in infants and girls under “8” years of age “It is true that infant formula contains far lower quantities of dioxins, PCB’s and Organochlorine pesticides than breast milk. However formula has serious drawbacks that tip the scale against it”

    5. What about the plastic bottles? The “Plastic World” has a broader social impact and raises awareness of increasingly important issues. Plastic identification symbol and abbreviations. PET or PETE HDPE PVC   LDPE PP PS PC or Others i.e. acrylnitnile, butadiene styrene acrylic  

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