Abstract
A growth study was performed on 17 infants aged 2-3 months fed with fixed amounts of human milk(HM), from 400 to 600ml. per day and supplemented, three times a day, with cereal blends, calculated to fulfill essential aminoacids(EAA), total protein and energy advisable intakes. The base of the calculations uses the relative excess of EAA in HM in relation to the infant's EAA requirements in order to supplement vagetable proteins quality. Energy deficits were covered with vegetable oil and/or sacharose. After the second day of being supplemented with cereal gruels, all the infants ingested the advisable protein and energy intakes. The growth average was 150% in relation to what was expected for the weight (p<0.01), except in three infants who were supplemented with a high fibre content cereal. Cereal gruels, fed together with fixed intakes of 400ml of HM, provided a good catch-up after severe infectious disease episodes. Therefore, cereal blends with vegetable oil and sacharose as supplements to HM are promising alternatives to diminish the risks of bottle-feeding in poor sanitary enviroments, without interfering with breast-feeding.
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