New Source Of Key Fat From Hazelnuts Makes Infant Formula More Like Mother’s Milk
Scientists are reporting development of a healthy “designer fat” that, when added to infant formula, provides a key nutrient that premature babies need in high quantities, but isn’t available in large enough amounts in their mothers’ milk. The new nutrient, based on hazelnut oil, also could boost nutrition for babies who are bottle-fed for other reasons…
May 25, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: boost-nutrition, designer-fat, diet, hazelnut-oil, high-quantities, infant-formula, key-nutrient, large-enough, mothers, new-nutrient, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, reasons, their-mothers
Child Mortality Rate Decreased After Prenatal Micronutrient, Food Supplementation Internvention
A study in the May 16 edition of JAMA reveals that survival rates of newborns in poor Bangladeshi communities were significantly improved if their mothers received multiple micronutritions, including iron and folic acid combined with early food supplementation during pregnancy, in comparison with women receiving the usual food supplementation…
May 16, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: acid-combined, bangladeshi, food-supplementation, including-iron, mothers, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, received-multiple, receiving-the-usual, survival-rates, the-usual, their-mothers, usual, women-receiving
