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spitting up frequently? California who was using Goatein, when she
A. If you are using the cows milk formula, first try eliminating the nutri- could have gone out to the store and bought raw
tional yeast, which may be causing the problem. If that does not work, then milk. If you can’t get raw milk, you should make
switch to the goat milk formula; if the problem persists, try the liver-based the meat-based formula. Powdered whey is not
formula. We can cite several examples of babies who had extreme reac- appropriate—this is a whole foods formula.
tions to any milk-based formula (including projectile vomiting) who did
beautifully on the liver-based formula. MAKING WHEY
Q: I’m having trouble getting raw milk to sep-
COMMERCIAL FORMULA BRANDS arate to make fresh whey. Basically it sours but
Q: Is it possible to use other commercial brands of formula when making never separates. One recipe for whey calls for
the Fortified Commercial Formula recipe? I’ve seen other suggestions made bringing milk with added salt to a boil, adding
on mercola.com. 2 tablespoons lemon juice and stirring until it is
A: The only formula brand we recommend is the one made by Mead curdled. Is it OK to make whey this way?
Johnson. It is the only commercial formula we know of that uses lactose A: It takes longer to make fresh whey from raw
and it also contains coconut oil. The recipe should be made up for one day milk than it does from yogurt, sometimes up to
only. The Mead Johnson formula is only a stop-gap formula to be used in 5-6 days for the milk to really separate, especially
emergencies or when the ingredients for homemade formula are temporarily in cooler weather. Set raw milk on the counter in
unavailable. an airtight glass container. When the milk looks
really awful, then you know that it has separated.
POWDERED WHEY If you are still having trouble, make whey out of
Q: Can I use dry milk powders from high-quality sources like Garden of already cultured milk (yogurt or kefir) or with a
Life’s Goatein, if I can’t find a good source of raw or organic milk? top brand of commercial whole milk yogurt, such
A: We do not recommend powdered goat whey—it is lacking in casein. as Seven Stars Farm or Brown Cow. With yogurt
And no matter how carefully it is processed, whey proteins are very fragile you can make whey overnight. Making whey by
and the proteins are going to be altered in processing—that is why scientists adding lemon juice to boiled milk negates all the
do not use whey-based feed in animal experiments. Instead, they use dried good things about your raw milk, and you will
casein, which is a much less fragile protein. We heard from one parent in not be putting back any good enzymes or bacteria
which is what happens in yogurt making.

HEALTHY AFTER A ROUGH START
The Weston A. Price Foundation teachings, my pregnancy and the birth of our son Seth are deeply tied together. I
had first learned about the principles from a chiropractor just weeks before I found out I was pregnant. I had been
having abnormal paps that just wouldn’t clear up. I’m sure now the reason was the raw vegan-fruitarian diet I was eating
at the time. After 4-5 months on a nourishing traditional diet my paps finally tested normal. However, being malnour-
ished and pregnant before that time affected our unborn son; he was born with hypospadias. I later learned that the
penis is formed around the 8th week of pregnancy and I was still eating a fruitarian diet at the point.
Seth was born via cesarean section after a failed water-birth at home. My C-section resulted in a punctured bladder
and heavy blood loss requiring 6 units of blood, ending up in the ICU. I was in the hospital for almost a week. Needless
to say, nursing didn’t get off to a good start and bottles were given. I continued to try breastfeeding Seth, but between
the pain from the cesarean, dealing with my bladder and the catheter I was sent home with, etc., I couldn’t handle
nursing Seth on demand. He was a big boy, 9 pounds, 10 ounces at birth, and his weight bothered my tummy and
aggravated the myofascial pain in my neck and shoulder region from an earlier accident.
In order for my family to help with the feedings we adopted the milk-based formula. Nursing fell off completely after
3 months, as Seth preferred the formula to me and the formula became his mainstay.
Seth is now 2 1/2 years old and has been extremely healthy. He was sick for the first and only time this past winter
with an ear infection. He never had so much as a sniffle when he was on the formula. I didn’t have to worry about him
being well enough for his hypospadias surgery at 10 months old, because he was so strong and robust. We couldn’t be
happier with the results that good nutrition has had on him, even though we had a rough start.

Robin Leuenberger, Michigan

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