Soy-Based Therapeutic Baby Formulas: Testable Hypotheses Regarding the Pros and Cons.

ABSTRACT: Soy-based infant formulas have been consumed in the United States since 1909, and currently constitute a significant portion of the infant formula market. There are efforts underway to generate genetically modified soybeans that produce therapeutic agents of interest with the intent to deliver those agents in a soy-based infant formula platform. The threefold purpose of this review article is to first discuss the pros and cons of soy-based infant formulas, then present testable hypotheses to discern the suitability of a soy platform for drug delivery in babies, and finally start a discussion to inform public policy on this important area of infant nutrition.

SUBMITTER: Westmark CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5241282 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature