Guest guest Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Hi Mavis, Although it depends upon the age of the baby what recipe works best for general breastmilk replacement, in any case you would want to use UNHOMOGENIZED not the pretty all same texture milk. If cream top milk is not available, I would purchase the skim and add cream back in. A woman MD who studied Ayurveda offers a recipe for formula substitute which is very interesting and I have seen an adopted baby thrive on, clients using homongenized babies tend to have problems with, and using the unhomogenized those I have had to support with have done very well also (that is very few in my career, breastfeeding is easy when mom is well cared for and supported ayurvedically). this recips takes equal parts the full cream milk and distilled water, brings to a boil with a little fresh ginger slice/s, turmeric powder, fennel seeds, and cardamom. Each spice has it's digestive as well as various other properties, and the turmeric has antihistamine properties. The recipe has added to it at the end, succanat, for mineral similarity to breast milk, it is said. The milk proteins and fats of cows milk are much more than in breast milk, hence the dilution ratio with water for newborns. The succanat and water both are reduced as the baby gets older. Please forgive, I am not able to access my MS word documents on this computer for the exact recipe. For the recipe Dr. Bhate has offered, if weight gain is desired, I would be using full cream milk, unhomgenized organic (especially important if possible because fats more than other food components concentrate petrochemical pollutants including pesticides, hormones and medical drugs. Because the recipe requires boiling, to use raw we have to sacrifice as Dr. Bhate explained, the few enzymes and heat destroyed vitamins in the raw milk for the digestibility of the long boiling, which breaks the proteins into much smaller molecules even while concentrating this food. I choose to not recommend the milk sold for lactose intolerant people and that with added probiotic/culture both because of the poor lifestyle of the cows/energetics and what that may mean in these products (and the various reasons above and see www.sacredwindow.com article on milk) and also because taking milk and yoghurt is one of the ayurvedic food combining no-nos, and the culture begins to make yoghurt in the milk, or stomach, is my assumption. How old is this boy, and what is the result and his health? So many people also give milk cold temp, there are many reasons for milk problems often misnamed allergies. He will probably respond well to warm temp milk as the recipe indicates, emotinally as well as health wise, unless at one of those ages where the kids tend to reject anything the least bit new. This is a whole nother discussion! Thanks for your questions, glad to have you with us, Mavis. Warm Regards; Ysha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 well the little boy is 2, has been drinking milk since about 1. his mother started to give him organic lactose free milk as she believes he is lactose intolerant. he only likes it warm. he has a very sensitive stomach and easily gets skin rashes. first she thought he had a citrus allergy as he was drinking a lot of orange juice, which she doesnt give him anymore. thanks, mavis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 Hi Mavis; It seems to me that high acidity levels in the body sometimes make for both sensitivity to citrus, as well as desire for it's cleansing benefits (usually converted to alkalyzing as well as other benefits). And High acidity levels (from incorrect diet, liver accumulations probably from maternal as well, water intake, etc) often go along with allergic symptoms, resulting from the accumulations of waste products ayurveda calls ama in the system. Also goes along with sensitive stomach and rashes as pitta ama. Ayurveda often can give valuable understanding to collected symptoms which otherwise get tagged as mystery or just different things happening. Great organizing principles. Warm REgards; Ysha > > well the little boy is 2, ...he has a very sensitive stomach and easily gets skin rashes. first she thought he had a citrus allergy as he was drinking a lot of orange juice, which she doesnt give him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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