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1. A follow-up study of nutrient intake, nutritional status, and growth in infants with cow milk allergy fed either a soy formula or an extensively hydrolyzed whey formula.

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Seppo L, Korpela R, Lönnerdal B, Metsäniitty L, Juntunen-Backman K, Klemola T, Paganus A, and Vanto T

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BACKGROUND: Infants with cow milk allergy (CMA) are reported to have reduced growth and special nutritional needs. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to compare nutrient intake, nutritional status, and growth in infants with CMA who were fed either a soy formula or an extensively hydrolyzed whey formula. DESIGN: The study group comprised 168 double-blind challenge-proven infants with CMA. Eighty-four of the infants were fed a soy formula (mean starting age: 7.8 mo), and the other 84 infants were fed an extensively hydrolyzed whey formula (mean starting age: 7.5 mo). RESULTS: The length (SD score) of the infants was close to the mean Finnish reference growth by age 2 y in both groups. Weight-for-length measurements continued to reach the 50th percentile by age 4 y in both study groups. The mean nutrient intake followed the recommended intake in both groups, although most of the infants were supplemented with calcium and vitamin D. The observed serum transferrin receptor concentrations indicated a greater iron inadequacy in the tissue of infants in the soy formula group than in the hydrolyzed whey formula group (P = 0.08). However, there were no significant differences between the groups either in the percentages of abnormally low laboratory values (mean cell volume, hemoglobin, zinc, and ferritin) or in the percentages of high alkaline phosphatase activity, which indicates the comparable safety and effectiveness of the formulas studied. CONCLUSIONS: Both nutritional status and growth were well within reference values in the 2 groups, and the selection of a formula can largely be made on the basis of infant tolerance to the formulas. Copyright © 2005 American Society for Clinical Nutrition [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2005

2. Selenium-Mercury Interaction during Intestinal Absorption of 75Se Compounds in Chicks

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Mykkänen, H.M. and Metsäniitty, L.

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The effects of inorganic (HgCl2) and organic (CH3HgCl) mercury on the intestinal absorption of Se compounds [Na275SeO3, Na275SeO4, L-[75Se]methionine ([75Se]Met)] were determined in 3-wk-old White Leghorn cockerels by the in vivo ligated duodenal loop procedure. The intraduodenal dose contained 0.05 µCi 75Se, 0.01 mM Se, 150 mM NaCl and 0–1.0 mM Hg. In the presence of 1 mM inorganic Hg in the intraduodenal dose, the absorption of the inorganic 75Se compounds was only about 65% of that in the control group, whereas only a slight inhibitory effect on [75Se]Met absorption was observed. Methylmercury had no effect on [75Se]selenite absorption. Precipitation of the 75Se-selenite in the intestinal lumen partly explained the direct interaction between inorganic Hg and Se compounds. Absorption of [75Se]Met and [75Se]selenite was also determined in chicks fed after hatching a purified diet supplemented with varying amounts of Hg (0–500 mg/kg) and Se (0–4 mg/kg). Dietary Hg significantly reduced the transfer of [75Se]selenite to body by enhancing the accumulation of the isotope in the intestinal tissue. Dietary Hg did not affect the absorption of [75Se]Met, but altered the whole-body distribution of this Se compound. Because interaction between Se and Hg was observed mainly between the inorganic compounds and with use of a manyfold excess of Hg over Se, the data suggest that intestinal interaction between these metals is not of great nutritional importance.

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1987
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