Raw Milk Formula: Weston A. Price
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Raw Milk Formula: Weston A. Price
Servings
36 ounces
The Weston A. Price milk-based formula takes account of the fact that human milk is richer in whey, lactose, vitamin C, niacin, and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids compared to cow’s milk but leaner in casein (milk protein). The addition of gelatin to cow’s milk formula will make it more digestible for the infant. Use only truly expeller-expressed oils in the formula recipes, otherwise they may lack vitamin E.
The ideal milk for baby, if he cannot be breastfed, is clean, whole raw milk from old-fashioned cows, certified free of disease, that feed on green pasture. For sources of good quality milk, see www.realmilk.com or contact a local chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation.
If the only choice available to you is commercial milk, choose whole milk, preferably organic and unhomogenized, and culture it with a piima or kefir culture to restore enzymes (available from G.E.M. Cultures 253-588-2922.
Author:Mary Enig, PhD
INGREDIENTS
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2 cups whole raw cow’s milk, preferably from pasture-fed cows, or grass-fed organic and non-homogenized commercial milk, like Kalona Supernatural
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0.25 cups homemade liquid whey from yogurt, kefir or separated raw milk
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4 tablespoons lactose
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0.25 teaspoon bifidobacterium infantis
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2+ tablespoons good quality cream (preferably raw or not ultra-pasteurized), more if you are using milk from Holstein cows
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0.5 teaspoon unflavored high-vitamin or high-vitamin fermented cod liver oil or 1 teaspoon regular cod liver oil
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0.25 teaspoon high-vitamin butter oil (optional)
- 1 teaspoon expeller-expressed sunflower oil
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1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
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2 teaspoons organic, virgin coconut oil
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2 teaspoons Frontier brand nutritional yeast flakes
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2 teaspoons gelatin
- 1-7/8 cups filtered water
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0.25 teaspoon acerola powder
METHOD
Put 2 cups filtered water into a pyrex measuring pitcher and remove 2 tablespoons (that will give you 1-7/8 cups water).
Pour about half of the water into a pan and place on a medium flame.
Add the gelatin and lactose to the pan and let dissolve, stirring occasionally.
When the gelatin and lactose are dissolved, remove from heat and add the remaining water to cool the mixture.
Stir in the coconut oil and optional high-vitamin butter oil and stir until melted.
Meanwhile, place remaining ingredients into a blender.
Add the water mixture and blend about three seconds.
Place in glass bottles or a glass jar and refrigerate.
Before giving to baby, warm bottles by placing in hot water or a bottle warmer. NEVER warm bottles in a microwave oven.
Recipe Note
Variation: Goat Milk Formula
Although goat milk is rich in fat, it must be used with caution in infant feeding as it lacks folate and is low in vitamin B12, both of which are essential to the growth and development of the infant. Inclusion of nutritional yeast to provide folate is essential. To compensate for low levels of vitamin B12, if preparing the Milk-Based Formula (above) with goat’s milk, add 2 teaspoons organic raw chicken liver, frozen for 14 days, finely grated to the batch of formula. Be sure to begin egg-yolk feeding at four months.
Source: Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon with Mary G. Enig, PhD.
https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/formula-homemade-baby-formula/#gsc.tab=0
According to WAPF, their homemade formulas provide the following amounts of critical nutrients per ounce:
Chloride: 12.02mg Choline: 4.50mg Inositol: 1.31mg lodine: 3.47mcg Vitamin K1: 0.23mcg Vitamin B5: 76.64mcg