Baby Formula: Is It Healthy and Safe?

We have all seen the headlines about baby formula shortage. Many families are feeling desperate being unable to feed their precious babies, especially if their children have specific allergies to some ingredients in the formulas and they need a specific brand.

The reason for the shortage is that Abbott Laboratories, a major supplier of many popular baby formulas in the US, had to stop production due to a recall for bacterial contamination in the formula which caused the death of two infants. This ceasing of production along with the supply chain issues we have been hearing about for months turned into widespread baby formula shortages across the country.

You can imagine how painful this is for some families and we have all heard the stories of parents driving hundreds of miles to find the right formula that their baby needs.

But we really need to pause and think if this is the best nutrition for growing tiny humans. I will argue that it is not, and there are alternatives that are not breast milk, because not every mother can breastfeed.

Baby formula is not and has never been regulated by the FDA. There is no oversight on what should be…