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DRY KEFIR CULTURE A: We used chicken liver for the goat milk for- Goat milk is
Q: Is Body Ecology’s dry kefir culture just as mula because that gave us the best equivalent to
acceptable as the piima culture or culturing with the nutrients in mother’s milk. For the liver for- more likely
kefir grains? Do you like the powdered kefir mula, beef or lamb liver give the best equivalents. to be
culture? However, for babies older than six months, you constipating
A. We hear that the powdered kefir gets really can use chicken, beef or lamb in either formula.
thick—like yogurt—so it does not work in the than cows
formula. G.E.M. cultures works well. SOY FEEDING OF ANIMALS milk, which is
Q: If a cow or chicken is eating soy, is there a one
TAXING THE KIDNEYS concern for that with the liver?
Q. I’ve read that the high solute load in goats A: Of course, it would be better if the chickens reason we
milk results in a taxing of the kidneys. Can you were completely pastured and not getting soy but recommend

explain this to me? What can I do to avoid this? this is very rare. However, the estrogens would a formula
Is just diluting the goats milk enough? be stored mostly in the chicken fat and not in the
A: Yes, this is why we dilute both the cow and liver. Beef is not fed much soy so the beef liver based on
goat formula with water. is also OK. cows milk
as the first
CREAM IN THE LIVER FORMULA CONSTIPATION
Q. Why is there no need for cream (or its nu- Q: My baby has become constipated on the goat choice.
trients) in the liver formula? Does the liver take milk formula.
care of what the other oils don’t? A: Goat milk is more likely to be constipating
A. This is supposed to be a casein-free formu- than cows milk, which is one reason we recom-
la. The coconut oil supplies the saturated fats. mend a formula based on cows milk as the first
Coconut oil is essential in this formula. choice. A small amount of diluted prune juice
may help and one parent had good luck adding
MAXIMUM STORAGE TIME a little warmed molasses to the formula. The
Q: Is 24 hours the maximum you would consider Digestive Tea in Nourishing Traditions is also
storing mixed formula in the refrigerator? a good remedy. It is very important that baby’s
A: Yes, to be safe, you should mix up the for- stool not become impacted. A baby suppository
mula fresh every morning. should help him evacuate his bowels if the other
methods do not work.
BEEF OR CHICKEN LIVER
Q: Is there a preference for beef or chicken liv- Q: I have been making the milk-based formula
er? The goat formula recommends chicken liver for 10 days and realize that it makes the baby con-
but the meat formula just states “liver.” stipated and she only has 1-2 bowel movements

SPECTACULAR RESULTS

With our first child we had every intention of breastfeeding her but through a series of bad nurses, the difficulty of
nursing, fatigue of my wife and the refusal of my daughter to breastfeed we had to find an alternative. Lucky for us we
had a good source of raw milk and the recipe for an alternative formula.
Rachel will be three in June 2005 and for the first 18 months only had the milk formula. The results were spectac-
ular, bordering on unbelievable. She was never sick, slept through the night starting at about eight weeks, ate well and
had a happy disposition. We were warned about typical childhood problems; these problems never materialized. For
example, we bought things to help with teething before she had teeth but we never used them because her teeth came
in with no pain or disruption to her sleep patterns. We were excited about the results and shared it with the staff at the
hospital and the pediatrician: our reward was a stern warning about the dangers of raw milk and we can no longer see
either unless we stop feeding Rachel raw milk. What we have observed in the medical system in Canada is that no one
wants to see a healthy little girl who drinks raw milk.
Patrick and Michelle, Toronto, Canada

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