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formula approved is the Similac (which is what and beautiful dispositions. Parents
the twins are on now). I can really appreciate the circumstances of
A: We do not recommend altering the formula your daughter, and not with just one baby, but report that
to save money. You could be compromising a two! As far as the quick way to make whey, if she it’s very easy
child. The recipe was formulated to exact speci- doesn’t have time to take a container of yogurt, to make up
fications to mimic nutrient-rich human mother’s pour it into a strainer lined with cheese cloth and
milk. If you find that raw milk with shipping is collect the liquid after it drains, she really doesn’t the formula.
too expensive, then do the meat-based formula, have time to be doing any part of this recipe. Once
which is less expensive. you get into the routine, it is very easy. Parents
The homemade formula ingredients cost report that it’s very fast and easy to make up the
just under $4 per day, through mail order with formula. Just think of how time-consuming it will
shipping charges, or when purchased locally with be when these twins are age 2 and eat solid food
sales tax. This does not include the cost of the and meals have to be prepared for them! Draining
milk and cream, which varies widely. Similac whey from yogurt will look easy!
costs around $4 per day, including average local
sales tax. So while the initial homemade formula REFRIGERATED INGREDIENTS
cost including milk and cream will be higher, Q: Which of the added ingredients should be
over the long run it is much cheaper considering refrigerated?
the typical health challenges and costs that come A: Sunflower oil and bifidum; keep the cod liver
with conventional formula. This, of course, says oil in a cool, dark place.
nothing about creating a superior foundation for
the child’s optimal development and lifelong IS BIFIDUM INFANTIS NECESSARY?
health. Q. Would you need to put bifidus in the formula
If your daughter must rely on the only formu- if you were using cultured milk? Wouldn’t cul-
la that WIC allows, she should use the fortified tured milk contain bifidus?
formula recipe. Unfortunately, from reports we A. No, bifidum infantis is a beneficial gut flora
receive from parents, Similac is one of the most that predominates in the infant until age 7. Infants
problematic formulas for babies. In fact, virtually can’t get it except from the mother in the birth
every parent we’ve heard from, who has had canal, and then it’s still helpful to get more.
their baby on commercial formula before using
the homemade formula, reports very unfortunate IS RAW MILK SAFE?
stories. We recommend fortifying commercial Q. I’m not comfortable using the raw milk in the
formula only as an emergency back up. We have formula because the woman at the farm I spoke
hundreds of customers report to us that when they to did not recommend giving their raw milk to
get their babies off commercial formula, their infants; she said that not every single container
health issues disappear and the babies thrive. could be tested, so there was no guarantee that
They become radiant babies with vibrant health every container was bacteria-free. What could be

MEAT-BASED FORMULA
Having been a personal fitness trainer for a number of years I started on a paleolithic diet in 1999. I couldn’t find
any conventional baby formula for my first child (a son) who is now six years old. We had to go with a lacto-free brand
and did not get to start him on a totally paleo diet until he turned one year old. With my second son (who will be three
in August) I made sure I was prepared. I used the meat-based baby formula in Nourishing Traditions. This was very easy
to make and soon my wife and I had a great system worked out to stay stocked up.
My first son Jimmy has a fairly strong immune system, but my second Tyr has an even stronger immune system. Tyr
used to love his meat-based formula, finishing a bottle in less than a minute sometimes. Tyr is a very healthy, energetic
and loving little guy.
I just love the fact that there are alternatives to the unhealthy (and unnatural) products out there.

Jim Smith, Yorktown, Virginia

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