by Yippy4Skippy » Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:17 pm
In my opinion the best thing for women with "light" milk production to do is breastfeed more. It's all about supply and demand!! But, if milk supply is really a problem, I believe I read at least from Dr. Fuhrman that hydrolyzed milk protein-based formula was the best alternative in his opinion because soy formula is so processed and almost all is GMO. I don't know how I feel about this to be completely honest. I think I'd rather go soy for my child because I think dairy is horrible. I definitely don't think juicing would be a good substitute because it would not provide the amount of nutrients needed for a growing baby, particularly fats, which are very important for baby's brain development. Babies have much higher fat requirements than adults. Non-dairy milk definitely should not be substituted for formula as it doesn't have the required nutrients as a sole formula either. I'm not sure what Dr. McDougall's opinion on this issue is. Anyway, sorry for three separate posts!