[Born to Conserve]

“[poison] That’s a little strong.”

One of the ingredients of baby formula is fructose, from HFCS and from sucrose, which has been implicated in “metabolic syndrome” including in infants and children. One very well known expert considers fructose a toxin, and talks a pretty good talk.

If you’re interested in this stuff, watch this: “Sugar: The Bitter Truth”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

[101stAirborneVet]

My son would be dead were it not for formula. He is five years old and cannot take food by mouth. He has a jujenal feeding tube and cannot take blended foods through the tube either. It’s either formula or starve to death. I bristle at the suggestion that I am filling him full of “poison”. There are many reasons for a parent to give their child formula, and while I agree that it is second rate to breast milk, I just can’t call it poison when it has saved his life.

[Dr. Sivana]

One very well known expert considers fructose a toxin, and talks a pretty good talk.

Fructose might be considered a toxin the way almost anything is a toxin. My wife is fructose intolerant so I know it can be a problem. Too much (like with anything, including water) is a problem with anybody.

That said, are you going to avoid the great number of all natural foods that are loaded with fructose? (e.g. strawberries, grapes, oranges)?

Now HFCS is a different animal, but not mainly because it is high fructose. That has to do more with how it gets manufactured.

[netmilsmom]

>>“[poison] That’s a little strong.”<<

Both my kids and my Godson would be dead, see that word, DEAD, without infant formula. My sister nearly starved her son to death because she insisted “Breast is best”. He is now almost blind because of it.

Perhaps you should hold your rhetoric in check. There is a reason why there were “Wet Nurses” before formula. Any organic formula will not have HFCS, including Walmart’s brand. In fact, “Lactose” is listed as the sugar in Enfamil and Parent’s Choice.

Also, getting your medical information from YouTube may not be a good idea.

[diogenes ghost]

"One very well known expert considers fructose a toxin..."

One very well known expert? Well, I guess that settles THAT question.

Fer crissakes, do you have any idea how many "well known experts" have labeled many, many substances toxic over the last 50 years? Only to be reversed later by other "well known experts".

"It's bad", "No, it's good", "No, it's REALLY bad", "Our bad".

[null and void]

The only reason it has fructose is government regulations keep the price of real sugar artificially high.

[ichabod1]

One very well known expert does not a poison make.