[pronut-hiv] Infant Formula for AIDS orphan infants: Phytate levels of soy bean and nuts

["cener" <cener@wananchi.com>]

Hello everyone
What are the phytate levels of this soy bean and nuts? Are the ground nuts supposed to be roasted or not? You should also advice on how long to cook the porridge.

A study carried out by Mary Mugambi (PhD) Stellenbosch  in Kenya. a children's hospital. They assessed different flour mixtures that mothers were giving their children. The ones that had legumes had the highest phytate levels and these are known to block absorption of iron and other nutrients and leach calcium from the bones. This study was motivated by increase of rickets in the pediatric hospital.
 Please advice according regarding the mixture below. thanks.

"soyar bean powder or ground groundnuts" 


Alice Ojwang-Ndong.  "M Nutr (Stellenbosch)"
Nutrition  & Dietetic Consultant,
Center For Nutrition Education and Research
P.O.BOX 8105,00200, Nairobi.

"Healthy Choices, Longer Life"
cener@wananchi.com

----- "Waindim Dorcas" wrote:

You can prepare corn pap mixed with soyar bean powder or ground groundnuts, this will be very nutritive for the baby.
  Dorcas, AWARE HIV/AIDS
  CBCHB, Cameroon

Waindim Dorcas

---- Katherine Schwarz <k_schwarz54@yahoo.com> wrote:
  April 8, 2006

Does anyone out there know of any substitute for infant formula for infants (under 6 months) whose mothers are too sick to breastfeed or whose mothers have died. As you may know, imported infant formula had become very scarce in Malawi and is now just about impossible to find.
Any suggestions you might have would be appreciated.

Kathy Schwarz
Zomba Central Hospital