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To start off our ingredient series, I wanted to review the basics about fats and why they are an important part of a person’s diet. The main purpose of fats is to serve as a storage system. They can also be used as an energy source if the body is depleted of necessary carbohydrates. Fats provide more calories (9 calories/gram) than both carbohydrates and protein (4 calories/gram), but this doesn’t mean they are...

I hope everyone’s New Year is off to a great start! We are excited to begin 2010 with our Vitamin Series. Each week we will highlight interesting facts about a different vitamin and provide tips to help you make sure your kids are getting enough of each one. This week we are going to focus on vitamin D. Vitamin D has been in the news lately due to a recent study that...

...this can be such an adjustment, it’s important to make sure both mom and baby get the nutrition they need, so we recommend having the supervision of your doctor for this diet. Keep in mind, children being not breastfed will also need to go on an elimination diet if diagnosed with a food allergy. Any elimination diet will need to be supervised by a Registered Dietitian to ensure all the important nutrients are being met...

We’ve written a few blogs in the past relating to fiber and prebiotics. One of them discussed what fiber is, and why it’s good for us and another touched on prebiotic fiber. In a previous blog that I wrote, I mentioned that I decided to supplement my all-Neocate diet with fiber. If you feel your child might benefit from a fiber supplement, we have some tips to help you choose the right one!...

...Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) criteria. Exactly what nutrients were updated? You’ll notice most of the nutrient levels have been updated. Please visit our website to see the updated nutrient profile. Have any of the ingredients changed? While some of the ingredients and amounts have changed, all ingredients in Pepticate meet the US Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) requirements for permitted use in infant formulas as well as our own strict internal standards. Pepticate remains a...

...demonstrated that Pepticate was well tolerated (i.e. did not elicit an allergic reaction) in 97% of infants with proven cow milk allergy (CMA).¹ In addition, Pepticate has been shown to be well tolerated in other Pepticate trials investigating infants with CMA.¹,² Exactly what nutrients were updated? You’ll notice most of the nutrient levels have been updated. Please visit our website to see the updated nutrient profile. Have any of the ingredients changed? While some of...

...Neocate Nutra is a one-of-a-kind product. With the protein source being 100% non-allergenic amino acids, this allows for food allergic children to enjoy a pudding-like solid. Neocate Nutra provide a great source of nutrients in the diet. This product also helps severely allergic children practice oral motor skills by eating more solid foods. There are a growing number of food allergic children who have feeding difficulties.1 Oral motor skill difficulties arise often due to...