In March of 2003, our 23 year old son Eyman, informed us that he had fallen in love with a bright and beautiful local girl and that it’s for real this time. Her name is Valecia. We were very happy for him. Shortly thereafter, we learned that Valecia had a 4 month old baby boy; Malakai. We were amazed to see our son get involved in the duties of fatherhood so quickly. He enjoys Malaki a great deal and has taken on the role of fatherhood as if he were the real father. He is nurturing, protective and has decided to become the provider for both Valecia and Malakai.

In April, Eyman came to me and asked, “Why is it that every time I feed Malakai his milk, he ends up throwing it up? Is this normal with all babies?” My reply to him was, “Yes, most babies will burp after they are fed and spit up a little bit of milk.” He said, “I’m not talking about just spitting up, I’m talking about throwing up most of the milk I just fed him, and that happens every time he’s fed. Also, he’s always so hungry and never seems to become satisfied. He’ll ask for another bottle within an hour of feeding him.” To me, that description didn’t sound very normal. So, I asked him to show me the type of milk formula being fed to Malakai so I could see the ingredients list.

I was shocked to see the contents of what Malakai was being fed. Malakai was allergic to cow’s milk, so his doctor recommended a “non-milk” type formula as a substitute. Here are the ingredients of this forumla:

Corn Syrup solids (55%), vegetable oil (palm olein. soy, coconut, and high olenic sunflower oils) (27%), soy protein isolate (15%), and less than 1% vitamin A Palmitate, vitamin D3, vitamin E acetate, vitamin K1, thiamin hydrochloride, riboflavin, vitamin B6 hydrochloride, vitamin B12, niacinamide, folic acid, calcium pantothenate, biotin, ascorbic acid, choline chloride, inositol, calcium phosphate, magnesium phosphate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, cupric sulfate, potassium iodide, potassium citrate, potassium hydroxide, potassium chloride, sodium citrate, sodium selenite, L-methionine, taurine, L-carnitine.

Now you know why I was shocked! What Malakai had survived on since birth was not milk, it wasn’t even real food. All the ingredients were nothing but isolates and synthetics (chemicals). How can a baby grow and remain healthy on man made chemical concoctions! Malakai must be a sick baby!

I soon learned that Malakai had allergies, recurring ear infections, and asthma and I wasn’t surprised. He’s already been given many drugs, including antibiotics and Tylenol, plus he was on steroids delivered through an inhaler prescribed for his asthma. Valecia told me that they were always in and out of the doctor’s office because of his ill health. I felt so sorry for his little body as it was being bombarded with all these chemicals, at only four months of age!

In a subsequent discussion, I was happy to learn that Valecia was willing to do whatever it took to help him become healthy. The first change I recommended was to put him on real milk. I gave Valecia, Dr. Ted Morter’s milk recipe for children who are not breast fed. Here’s what Dr. Morter recommends in his book, Your Health, Your Choice: “For those newborns and infants who must be fed something other than mother’s milk, the closest acceptable substitute is a combination of fresh raw goat’s milk (pasteurized if you can’t find raw), fresh carrot juice (organic whenever possible), and distilled water. For a newborn, the goat’s milk, carrot juice, and distilled water are combined in equal thirds. As the child gets older, the amount of water is gradually decreased as the milk and carrot juice are increased. When the child is approximately six months old, the proportions should be fifty percent goat’s milk and fifty percent carrot juice. Cow’s milk should be avoided. Cow’s milk if fine for calves, but not for humans, either adults or children.” (p. 87).

In addition to Ted Morter’s formula I recommended that she add the contents of one Cell Tech’s enzyme capsule, in every bottle, at feeding time, to the formula. The formula includes: pasteurized goat milk, some bifidus infantis (buy from a health food store), one a day of Cell Tech’s acidophilus and 1/2 capsule of Alpha Sun (for its high mineral content).

In the first two weeks during the change in Malakai’s diet, he went through a strong cleansing reaction. I had already educated Valecia about the possibility of a cleansing and she was expecting it. Malakai experienced fever, chills, and coughing. The cough continued for a few weeks as we loaded real food nutrients into his body and then faded away.

Within a month, Malakai was totally off his inhaler and started gaining weight rapidly. He is now 7 months old. He smiles, kicks hard, makes wonderful baby noises, he’s playful, and he is healthy. What a difference in just three months on real foods. He went from a sick, lifeless (inactive and expressionless) baby to a healthy and alive baby. I just get the chills thinking about the grim life of ill health Malakai would have had to face if he had continued consuming only the chemical products. How many babies out there are suffering from allergies, asthma, skin problems, kidney and liver problems, autism, and many other biological and behavioral disorders that could be avoided by simply giving them some real food nutrition?

My purpose in writing this article and passing it on to you is to make you aware of Dr. Morter’s healthy recipe for babies who are not breast fed. Breast milk of course, is the number one choice of food for babies. However, there are tens or hundreds of thousands of babies who are not breast fed who are being fed either cow’s milk, soy milk, or canned concoctions of chemicals (not real food). If you know any family members or friends who might benefit from the information in this article, please pass it on to them, especially if the child is suffering from the already mentioned health challenges. Feeding a baby properly early on, can save them from a life time of health problems. It is as simple as putting real foods in the baby’s body and the miracle of health follows. I now get to experience the energy, alertness, activity and happiness in Malakai’s smile every time I see him and it fills me with joy.

References:
Dr. M. Ted Morter, Jr. (1976). Your Health, Your Choice. Hollywood, Fl: Fell Publishers, Inc.

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