Infant Formula Growth Studies Advised For Certain Soy, Iron Sources By FAC
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
A growth study should be conducted when a soy protein stripped of isoflavones has been added to an infant formula to ensure its safety, Virginia Stallings, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, theorized
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