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she is rebuked strongly. for many children. We condemn our post-market surveillance on DHA- and
This gal and a close friend of hers, children to all sorts of behavioral and ARA-enriched formulas. Another fright-
who also has young children and is emotional difficulties when we deny them ening revelation is the fact that none of
in choir, both seemed amazed about healthy fats. the powdered formulas is sterile, and
what I told them about cholesterol they may harbor lethal bacteria; and
being healthful and whole milk being SEDATIVE IN THE FORMULA? the carrageenan added to pre-mixed
so much better than lowfat milk. I told My son and daughter-in-law are formula may cause severe digestive
them about how my foot had stopped convinced that formula is fine. I shudder problems.
giving me trouble, and instead of when I see my grandson using plastic
gaining weight (which I was resigned to bottles, liners and silicone, and the plas- GOAT MILK FORMULA
do when we switched to whole milk), I tic pacifier constantly in his mouth. I spoke with you about a year ago
have actually lost weight and am able to I have observed something that because I wanted to use a homemade raw
wear clothes several sizes smaller than I frightens me further. After feeding the goat milk formula for my adopted baby.
had been wearing. And I’m stronger and baby sleeps forever, like he is drugged. Well, almost a year has gone by and my
have more stamina. They have to wake him up. Is it possi- baby has thrived, thrived, thrived. Thank
I have a friend with three children. ble that they are putting a sedative in you for making this information avail-
They’re all pretty lean and getting taller. the formula? Could they be adding an able for mothers of adopted children.
As my daughter and I ate our supper ingredient to make parents believe their Judith Ugelow
while waiting for choir time to arrive, I children are very content on the formula? Sheffield, Massachusetts
noticed that my friend’s kids (especially When he does wake up he can be fussy,
the older two) kept picking at each other, like a drug has worn off. BLATANTLY IGNORANT
even throwing kicks at each other! The He is gaining weight and my thought Recently, I was running errands with
youngest child is a vegetarian. is that he is being fed the same ingredi- my mom and we stopped at the local
On a recent Max-X show, they aired ents as cows on the feed lot. pharmacy. At the entrance of the store
videos of people rioting, including a riot Beth Marble was a large barrel-shaped cooler filled
between factions of Buddhists. This fits Columbus, Ohio with soda. On top of this cooler was
right in with evidence showing that veg- a sign announcing that proceeds from
etarianism doesn’t make your life quiet According to Barbara Heiser of the soda would benefit the American
and full of peace. the National Alliance for Breastfeeding Diabetes Association.
Good nutrition influences behav- Advocacy, DHA and ARA from non- Having been raised by my mom who
ior, as well as overall health. There is a nutritional sources (DHA manufactured is an avid Weston A. Price Foundation
school district in Pennsylvania, where from fermented micro-algae and ARA supporter and an outspoken nutritionist,
they’ve lost six kids since December to or arachidonic acid from soil fungus) and being only seventeen, I was grateful
health-related problems. They need your added to certain baby formulas have to have been able to recognize an in-
message! been causing trouble in babies, notably consistency such as this. I laughed and
Laura J. Cooper severe explosive diarrhea. (She has not asked my mom if it was supposed to be a
Stillwater, Oklahoma heard reports of babies acting like they joke. How could the American Diabetes
are drugged, but several ingredients in Association be promoting a substance
Your story proves that when raw the formula could cause such a reac- such as soda that is a direct cause of
milk is not available, even whole milk tion.) The National Institutes of Health the very disease that the organization is
from the supermarket can be beneficial is so concerned that they are conducting trying to prevent and cure? To me, this

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