DIY baby formula ingredients may come with risks

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What should you feed your new baby?

In the first year of life, the country's largest pediatricians group, the American Academy of Pediatrics, says infants should only consume either breast milk or iron-fortified infant formula.

Most formulas are made with cow’s milk that has been treated to resemble breast milk, making it easier for a baby to digest.

But, go online, and you'll find recipes for make-it-yourself baby formula, which may be appealing to new parents looking for healthier, more wholesome ways to feed their infants.

But DIY formula recipes sometimes come with some risky ingredients, says Sylvia Poulos, a registered dietitian with the Infant Nutrition Council of America, which represents baby formula manufacturers.

Poulos worries new parents may not be aware of the potential for problems with some homemade formula recipes, like those that include un-pasteurized dairy products or beef broth.

"The concern is that they're well-intentioned, they see it online, and think it's a good idea, but they don't understand the risks,” Poulos says. “That this is harmful and potentially deadly to a baby."

Poulos says her main concern is some of the ingredients in D-I-Y infant formulas.

"The primary ones that I think are high-risk are milk, because again children can't digest when they're under a year, and then un-pasteurized milk and raw ingredients,” she says.

The problem? A newborn's immune system is still developing. So, babies are especially vulnerable to bacteria that can be found in raw milk and dairy products, like listeria and E. coli.

And some of the formula recipes use a raw egg, which can be contaminated with salmonella.

Even when animal milk is pasteurized, the Academy of Pediatrics doesn't recommend it for babies under 1.

"So whether it's from a cow or a sheep or a goat, it doesn't really matter,” says Poulos. “No child under a year should be drinking fluid milk. And that sounds counterintuitive for an adult who is told we need to drink fluid milk for calcium. It's just that children can't digest and absorb milk."

Before you prepare any baby formula, wash your hands, use sterile bottles, and don't cut corners.

When it comes to feeding your baby, you don't want to take chances.
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I love that the main person they interviewed represented baby formula manufacturers. I'm sure she isn't bias in any way.

jmcg
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I find it interesting that MSM will not discuss how woman and families made baby formula before commercialized formula was ever a thing🤔

swtbrry
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In the 30s and 40s, 80% of bottlefed babies were given canned evaporated (full fat) milk as formula.
Recipe: 13 ounces (1 can) evaporated milk, 19 ounces sterile water, 1 ounce Karo syrup (clear type).
Goat's milk was given to babies allergic to cow's milk.
Liquid baby vitamin drops (with iron) was given daily with this formula. Our minerals came from our water.
I think we were the healthiest generation.

naomisims
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I believe it’s safer than anything you’d buy or that the fda would approve for infants!

truartist
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I was raised on homemade formula in the 1970's...still alive and kicking.

Mkrceme
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Never feed your baby a soy based formula.

vjs
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Oh no but genetically modified artificial baby formalize cow milk powder is perfectly fine and safe 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️😂😂😂😂😂😂

jdmmike
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Dietician represents "BABY FORMULA MANUFACTURERS". Okay. Show me a doctor that isn't getting checks from some special interest group and I'll take the report more seriously.

MrHappy
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She represents baby formula companies ...

carlitosh
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I’ve watched multiple “ DIY baby formula/vegan formula “ videos before this & not one had ANY of these Ingredients they are speaking about . I will continue my research on vegan formula to make my decision on switching over or not . If you have made vegan formula for your child how did it work for yall?

jadaferguson
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How'd people do it back in the day?

smokingbeetles
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SO basically anything dairy and raw eggs aren't good to use... no brainer! dairy isn't good period

alyssastar
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Fair enough, but these are the same people that push powdered synthetic crap

rich
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What about the vegan DIY formula?? They haven't commented on that ...

pebbles
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Well america stop putting crap in all your formulas and give us better options every formula made in America my baby pukes and cried and cried. Yet I buy a formula from over seas not fda approved my kid does fine. Give us better options. Commercial infant formula from America is crap. Get rid of the corn syrup. Everything has corn. Corn this corn that. I can't even digest corn it comes back out whole kernels

daphnietudor
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It's like the news is just unaware that there was a time before baby formula and the recipe for home made predates baby formula.

blaknoizee
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What is the best option for homemade baby food? They are having all kinds of recalls on the infant formulas. I didn’t produce enough milk for my first baby so I had to go to formula but now they have all the recalls, and most babies don’t do well to the foods. Back before formula was made, they were doing something to feed the babies if the mother didn’t have enough breast milk. What was it

brooklynhutchings
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Goats milk is what my sister gave her premie baby because that's what my grandmother gave her

sabrinasabor
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The formula industry is in the billions, but I do agree that you shouldn't be feeding raw eggs and milk to an infant.

franklinwillams
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All you have to say was to don't add raw egg into the mix. Other than that commercial formula is toxic just like everything else on the store shelves.

Cricelia