Más sobre Aluminio y Fórmulas

En los meses recientes se han publicado muchos estudios que coinciden en que los bebés están siendo expuestos a dosis muy elevadas de aluminio.  Vale la pena recordar que es difícil hacer este tipo de estudios, ya que la mayoría de los fondos de investigación en medicina, de alguna u otra manera provienen de los laboratorios, y digamos que este, no es un tema en el que les guste ahondar.
Los artículos vienen de diferentes partes del mundo:




Del medio oriente: "Commercially available branded infant formulas used by literally millions of parents to feed children of up to 12 months, plus of age are still significantly contaminated with aluminum. The concentrations of  aluminum in the milk formulas varied from ca+200 and would  result in+
 the ingestion of up to 600 mg of aluminum per day.


The concentrations of aluminum in infant formulas are up to 40 times higher than are present in breast milk. These concentrations are all several times higher than are allowed in drinking water. They are clearly too high for human consumption and certainly too high for consumption by such a vulnerable group as pre-term and term infants.


- Middle East Helth Care Intelligence


While it is the case that the present levels of aluminum in infant formulas have not been shown to cause adverse effects in healthy infants it is also the case that there have not been any clinical studies which refute such as a possibility. Previous research has highlighted the potential toxicity of aluminum in infants with confounding disorders, including, prematurity, poor renal function and gastrointestinal disease,  and fed infant formulas and these studies when viewed alongside aluminum's known connections with medicine and human disease should at least deter complacency concerning this issue.


De la  comunidad científica:


Burrell, Exley.
There is still too much aluminum in infant formulas. BMC Pediatrics, 2010, 10, 281 (29), 63

The aluminium content of a range of well known brands of infant formulas remains high and particularly so for a product designed for preterm infants and a soya-based product designed for infants with cow’s milk intolerances and allergies. Recent research demonstrating the vulnerability of infants to early exposure to aluminium serves to highlight an urgent need to reduce the aluminium content of infant formulas to as low a level as is practically possible. 

El gobierno de Canadá se dio a la tarea de analizar el contenido de aluminio y otros metales tóxicos en la fórmula; les presento sus resultados:

of formula	No. of samples	Aluminium, ng/g			Cadmium, ng/g			Lead, ng/g
		Mean	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Minimum	Maximum
Electrolyte	13	48	3	263	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.16	0.04	0.41
Electrolye, flavoured	8	39	3	282	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.16	0.03	0.24
5% glucose	6	73	5	239	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.09	0.05	0.15
Concentrate liquid, milk based	44	131	2	796	0.13	0.02	2.03	0.32	0.06	0.85
- plain	12	33	2	74	0.04	0.03	0.07	0.26	0.18	0.38
- with iron	22	90	2	228	0.08	0.02	0.36	0.28	0.06	0.54
- lactose free	7	467	136	796	0.37	0.06	2.03	0.50	0.20	0.85
Concentrated liquid, soya based	12	706	266	1047	1.11	0.76	1.70	1.19	0.88	1.54
- plain	9	688	266	1047	1.18	0.76	1.70	1.25	0.90	1.54
Powdered, milk based	57	177	2	1004	0.17	0.01	1.21	0.65	0.16	3.46
- plain	15	18	2	48	0.04	0.01	0.07	0.23	0.17	0.42
- with iron	24	128	2	463	0.10	0.01	0.31	0.46	0.16	1.39
- lactose free	6	462	174	1004	0.48	0.19	1.21	1.50	0.46	3.46
- hypoallergenic	6	518	394	628	0.53	0.32	0.80	1.58	1.06	2.20
Powdered, soya based	15	733	199	1461	1.56	1.07	3.47	0.72	0.79	1.90
- plain	9	619	199	1068	1.72	1.07	3.47	1.42	0.91	1.90
- with iron	6	905	598	1461	1.31	1.11	1.57	1.16	0.79	1.38
Ready to Use, milk based	67	437	10	3442	0.23	0.03	1.26	0.90	0.14	2.46
- plain	19	379	10	955	0.21	0.03	0.68	0.96	0.23	2.46
- with iron	28	372	11	3442	0.11	0.03	0.38	0.73	0.14	1.80
- lactose free	6	622	371	896	0.20	0.07	0.28	1.10	0.86	1.22
- hypoallergenic	10	814	458	1310	0.67	0.16	1.26	1.12	0.49	1.78
Ready to Use, soya based	14	730	234	1121	1.18	0.71	2.95	1.45	1.10	2.10

El estudio completo se encuentra aquí.


Me encantaría poder presentarles alguna marca que no contenga estas cantidades de aluminio, pero en este momento no las hay en el mercado.


Para los que la tienen que usar... me apena dejarlos con tan desoladora información. Pero creo que el estar más conscientes de estos temas puede provocar que como sociedad demandemos mejores productos de las compañías farmacéuticas.
Para los que tienen la opción de amamantar o usar leche materna no lo duden, hay miles de razones por lo cual es mejor que la fórmula.
Esta es solamente una más.


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