There is no standard to which formula companies are held in synthesizing the nutrients it contains. Many different methods are used and some are questionable in nature. The vitamins and minerals that occur within our food naturally are different from the vitamins and minerals contained in formula and synthetic vitamin supplements. Whole food based vitamin supplements contain vitamins and minerals derived directly from food, for example, beta carotene, versus Vitamin A Palmitate. Formula is not whole food based. It is a collection of factory synthesized vitamins and minerals and food derived nutrients. Even the milk that formula contains is not the same as the milk that comes out of a cow, it is a synthesized milk product originally derived from cow’s milk. These companies are not bastions of morality, integrity, or thoughtful compassionate caring for our kids. They are looking at their bottom dollar and what is cheapest to manufacture.

We all know nowadays that eating foods in their “whole” or simplest forms is superior for health in major ways. My wish is that infant formula companies would create breastmilk replacements in ways that are more like the real deal by using whole foods and whole food derived vitamins and minerals. It might cost more, but aren’t our children worth it?

Check out these links for some more disturbing information about formula:
http://www.truthinlabeling.org/formulacopy.html

http://www.westonaprice.org/children/msgformula.html

Here is a list of common ingredients in infant formula:

Enzymatically hydrolyzed reduced minerals, whey protein concentrate, palm olein, soy, coconut, high-oleic safflower oils, lactose, maltodextrin, patoassium citrate, calcium phosphate, calcium chloride, salt, potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, manganese sulfate, potassium iodide, soy lecithin, mono and diglycerides, inositol, choline bitartrate sodium ascorbate, alpha tocophyeryl acetate, naicinamide, calcum pantothenate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid, phylloquinone, biotin, vitamin D3, vitamin B12, taurine,
L-carnitine

The pumping option for us has always been specific to date nights, when we would prefer to have a solid two to three hours to ourselves. I’m going to try the Breastflow bottles. Thank you dd #16! I just ordered them on Amazon with two day shipping in order to have them ready for Friday night! Crossing my fingers that they work better than the Medela Breastmilk bottles, or the slew of other bottles I’ve tried.

Interfering with a breastfeeding relationship in order to have your hair done seems a strange way of prioritising.

Maybe you should consider the ethics of continuing to promote the misinformation about breastfeeding tieing a woman down.