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Cooking With Neocate
Lately, Ive been getting a number of calls from parents about ideas for solid foods for their kids, even when the childs diet is still severely restricted because of a milk allergy, EE or allergic GERD. Did you know that you can actually use an amino acid based formula, like Neocate, as a recipe ingredient?

Here are some guidelines for cooking with Neocate Junior:

  • Reconstituted Neocate One+ or Neocate Junior may be heated gently but not boiled.
  • Preferably add Neocate One+ or Neocate Junior as a dry powder to each portion of cooked food just prior to consuming. Let food cool to eating temperature before adding the powder.
  • The amount of Neocate One+ or Neocate Junior that could be added to a child-sizeportion will vary depending on the age, the type of food and the size of the portion. However, too large a dose of Neocate One+ or Neocate Junior in a small portion of food would present a high osmotic load and affect palatability. We recommend starting at 15 - 25 g of powder (see household measurements) per portion and increase gradually as tolerated to a maximum of approximately 50 g of powder per portion, depending on age and portion size.
    Water or other fluids must always be given with or after foods containing Neocate One+ or Neocate Junior.
  • If the foods containing Neocate One+ or Neocate Junior are refused or left, the equivalent amount of Neocate One+ or Neocate Junior should be given as a drink.
  • Neocate One+ or Neocate Junior could be added to rice pudding, soups, casseroles, mashed potatoes, broths, etc.

Remember, only use recipes that have ingredients that are easily tolerated by your baby or child.

Do you have a favorite recipe that you use? We encourage you to share it with us.

- Christine

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Moving Toward a Cure: FAAN Walk for Food Allergy
This fall, Neocate will be attending the FAAN Walk for Food Allergy in several different cities around the country. These walks are organized by the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network to raise public awareness, to provide advocacy and education, and to advance research on behalf of all those affected by food allergies and anaphylaxis.

Here is a list of the walks Neocate will be participating in:

Houston, TX EUR September 12
Long Branch, NJ EUR September 12
San Francisco, CA EUR September 12
Chicago, IL EUR September 26
Fairfax, VA EUR September 26
Boston, MA EUR October 4
Baltimore, MD EUR October 10
Long Island, NY EUR October 11
Ridgewood, NJ EUR October 18
Philadelphia EUR October 31
Dallas, TX EUR November 14

For a complete list of cities and to register for a walk in your area, visit the FAAN Web site. Are you and your children planning on attending a walk or organizing a team? If so, we would love to hear how you are participating! And if you are going to be attending any of the walks mentioned above, make sure you stop by the Neocate booth and say hi!

-Nita

When Cookie Dough Becomes Dangerous
I came across this article the other day in The Washington Post about a woman in Las Vegas who has been fighting for her life since eating a tube of cookie dough contaminated with E. coli bacteria. The article highlights the real dangers of food contamination. While this is always a concern for those with food allergies who could have severe reactions to food that is contaminated with unknown allergens, the general public now also runs the risk of bacterial contamination in the food supply.

Fortunately, as the article reports, Congress is taking action:

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