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Q: Our family keeps kosher, and we just found out that my child needs Neocate and Duocal. I know some formulas aren’t kosher. Can you tell me if your products are, and which kosher certifications they have? A: Sure! Most Neocate products and Duocal have been certified kosher pareve. (“Pareve” means there is nothing derived from milk or meat used in the product or on the manufacturing equipment.) Read more about Neocate Infant...

...the possible benefits of adding a specific probiotic to your diet, and may be able to help you choose the best source or strain. Why are probiotics in some nutritional formulas? For infants, breast milk naturally contains beneficial bacteria. These bacteria come from the mom and can help to provide a community of microbes for the infant. Sometimes the community of microbes in an infant’s gut can get out of balance – more of some...

...and crackers or sweet treats and cereal. These foods lack sufficient vitamins, minerals, protein, fiber, and fat. These foods lack all nutrients that growing children need. For kids with multiple food allergies on an elimination diet, good nutrition can still be achieved. Be sure to offer fresh fruits and vegetables and combine foods that are lacking nutrition with foods that are naturally nutrition-packed or fortified. How do you do that with multiple food allergies? Spreads...

...Failure to Thrive treated in infants and children? Depending on the cause of FTT, it may be easier than you think to help your little one gain the proper weight he or she needs to get back on the growth charts. If it’s caused by a disease or condition such as GERD, Short Bowel Syndrome or a milk protein allergy, you may want to introduce an elemental formula such as Neocate. This will not only...

...restrictive diets when they have some input. Keeping a few flavors on hand can help kids to stay satisfied with an elemental diet. Try letting them chose their dinner flavor. Just like with breakfast and lunch, experiment with mixing different flavors of Neocate Junior and Splash with Neocate Nutra to come up with different flavors and textures. One of the easiest ways to offer variety is to use a blender. Mix one part Neocate formula...

...diet. Your doctor may want to try again with another milk trial in 6–12 months. In the meantime, it is important to make sure that they are getting all of the nutrients they need. One option is to switch them to an elemental toddler formula, like Neocate Junior, which is specially formulated to be nutritionally complete for children 12 months and older with food allergies and related GI conditions. Have you tried a milk trial...

...Oral Budesonide, a Steroid Medication, Mixed with Neocate Nutra For those of you who are not familiar with Neocate Nutra, it is the first and only hypoallergenic, amino acid-based semi-solid medical food. It contains essential vitamins and minerals to promote balanced nutrition in children and infants over 6 months of age with cow milk allergy, multiple food allergies, eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), short bowel syndrome (SBS) and malabsorption. While an elemental diet or an elimination...