Human milk is richer in whey, lactose, vitamin C, B12, folic acid, niacin, and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids compared to goat’s milk but leaner in protein (casein- the milk protein). See comparison chart below.
The recipe offers a formula which is second best to breast milk and puts commercial infant formula to shame. This homemade raw goat milk infant formula is living food for your baby, and easy to digest. Unlike powdered formula, it will provide your baby with enzymes, probiotics, absorbable food based vitamins, nutrients, and Essential Fats found in natural healthy oils.
Gelatin will make the formula more digestible. Lactose is critical for myelin and cerebrosides in the brain. Quality of the oils you use is of utmost importance since most commercial oils are rancid and fish oils can be polluted. Expeller-expressed oils contain necessary vitamin E.
Breastmilk is the ideal milk for baby, but if he cannot be breastfed, the second best option is clean, whole raw milk from old-fashioned cows (or goats), 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 707-964-2922).
