I'm not going to start cursing on my blog, but this makes me mad. It was a hard enough decision to stop nursing at 9 months for my first baby and 7 months for my second. Then a stressful task finding a healthy formula that I was comfortable with, only to find out it had toxic hexane with it. So I finally find an organic formula that doesn't use chemical to extract DHA and I thought I really found the best thing. Now I find out that this so called perfect formula contains organic brown rice syrup, which is the new high fructose corn syrup!
Brown rice soaks up high levels of arsenic. Arsenic has been linked to multiple types of cancer. One brand of formula containing this brown rice syrup was found to have twice as much arsenic than the levels considered safe in drinking water. An energy bar had 12x the safe amount and high-energy foods were found to have 8-17 times the amount considered safe.
The levels of arsenic considered safe are based on a full sized adult. There were 17 infant formulas, 29 cereal bars and 3 energy shots tested. Two of the infant formulas, containing organic brown rice syrup, contained TWENTY times the amount of arsenic than formulas made without the ingredient.
This is a case where buying organic doesn't save you. Brown rice is just one of those things that suck of a lot of arsenic from the earth. Don't forget about the apple and grape juice mentioned last year. It's so unfair that companies don't put in the absolute most love and care for the products that our innocent little babies are consuming. It makes me sick that I need to trust these strangers with the well being of my children and they aren't doing a better job.
Karmally, an associate research scientist at the Columbia University Medical Center stated “I’m very concerned about the idea of babies on formula that is laced with arsenic. I wish the researchers had told us which of the formulas tested high in arsenic so they could be taken off the market.”.
Rice; another thing on the list of foods I am too disgusted with to eat. How about you?
Resources: todayhealth.today.msnbc.msn.com
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