Higher urinary excretion of essential amino acids in preterm infants fed protein hydrolysates.

Aim: Protein hydrolysates have been introduced in preterm formulae, but it is not clear whether they are needed for the feeding of preterm infants. We designed a randomized, controlled trial to test the effects of a preterm formula with hydrolysed cow's milk proteins on short-term growth and urinary and plasma amino acids levels.

Methods: Infants with a birthweight < or = 1750 g and gestational age < or = 34 wk fed a conventional preterm infant formula (formula B) or a hydrolysed formula (formula A).

[Evaluation of a minimally mineralized spring water in the nutritional management of newborns and infants].

The use of bottled mineral water during the pediatric age is increasing, both for powdered formula milk reconstitution and for diluted cow's milk. The aim of this report is to compare a bottled spring water with a very low mineral content with tap water in the reconstitution and/or dilution of 6 different infant starting formulas and cow's milk. The osmolality, buffering power and renal solute load potential of the formulas reconstituted with the bottled water were all significantly lower than when tap water was used (P < 0.

Clinical tolerance to lactose in children with cow's milk allergy.

Objective: Adverse reactions following the ingestion of lactose have been reported in children with cow's milk (CM) allergy. Whether this is attributable to the contamination of lactose with CM proteins is unknown. In this paper, we assessed clinical tolerance of lactose derived from CM whey in children hypersensitive to CM from 2 university hospital pediatric departments.

Biochemical investigation of histidinemia in schizophrenic patients.

Our results suggest that the association between the clinical diagnosis of schizophrenic disorder and heterozygosis for histidinemia is not a chance one. The real meaning of this relationship has to be further investigated.