Neonatologist & Professor, UT-Austin. Co-Editor 9th Ed Nutrition Handbook (Yellow Book) of American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow-American Society for Nutrition
May 30, 2022 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
This is generally a good article, but I would like to note this statement about Euro formulas "the safety standards are arguably higher. (European formulas cannot contain corn syrup, for example, and require higher levels of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA.)/1
I'll leave the corn syrup issue for others, except to note that there is no strong reason to believe this is actually a safety issue for infants, rather lets look at the DHA part of it /2
May 11, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
With the baby formula shortage, what should I do if I can't find any? healthychildren.org/English/tips-t… We have updated this as I'll describe
We have added back from early 2020 the recommendation that for short periods of time, for infants over 6 months of age, whole cow milk can be used if no formula is available. This was removed later in 2020 when the shortages decreased./1
