European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Concern Over impurities in baby food new York times o pen wide. Iho air plane s coming in Tor a Landing i Heather Rutjes his 18-month-old son while looping a Spoo Lanly above the Highchair. Alter a bit More cajoling the baby opens his Mouth and the spoon speeds  Cenes like this have been repealed Lor generations. But in the month since Glass was reported Lound in Zeiber baby Lood Many parents have paid closer attention to what they teed choir children. They Are concerned about More than the possibility of impurities or foreign materials in commercially prepared baby Lood they wonder whether they should join the already burgeoning ranks of parents who make their own baby Lood at Home and whether a dried Brand name baby Lood provides better nutrition than its pureed counterpart. Some parents also worry about the Levels of sodium sugar and starch in infant diets issues that have troubled paediatricians and nutritionists Lor years. The number of mothers who breast Loed has also increased and Many Are now breast Loeding longer than mothers did in the past the change has touched Oil a scramble among baby Lood companies to introduce and promote products or children As old As 5 their sales in the past were aimed largely at youngsters up to the age of 3 or 4. All this has come about despite a general decline in the birth rate Over the past 25 years. And because the baby Lood manufacturers Are now aiming at a larger Market it also explains Why their sales have increased according to Lood Industry analysts. Experts say it is too soon to know How the scare about Glass in baby Lood jars will Afleck the $650 million a year baby Load business. Though reports initially entered on Gerber products the Federal food and drug administration says that foreign objects have been reported in baby Lood irom Heinz and Beech nut the two other major american baby Lood companies. Parents May be rethinking what they feed their babies after the Gerber baby food scare. Up photo fungus charges of Catchall diagnosis by Ruth Youngblood United press International t to physicians Are warning patients to avoid doctors who blame a wide Range Oldi orders from athlete s foot to cancer on yeast infection. Treating serious diseases As it they were linked to yeast infection May delay appropriate remedies and allow the conditions to Worsen said or. E. Richard Stiehm a paediatric immunologist Al the University of California los Angeles medical Center. There just in t any objective evidence that the yeast treatment procedure really works Stiehm said. Stiehm and a Urcla colleague or. Albert Haas outlined the hazards encountered by a aliens of yeast connection proponents in a letter to the new England journal of Medicine. Yeast  caused by fungus. Stiehm said the most common yeast infections Are vaginitis in women and diaper rash and Thrush a White coating of the Tongue in babies. Yeast theory proponents have made fungus a Catchall diagnosis Stiehm said. Fearing yeast connection adherents Are growing in number in the Southern and Western United states Stiehm said patients May be subjected to costly and unproved diagnostic tests and remedies. If a physician espouses the yeast connection see another  but or. . Crook a leading exponent of yeast related health problems called the warning a great injustice and contended the California critics found the theory threatening coming from a physician out in the  Crook a Jackson Tenn. Paediatrician allergist and author of the yeast connection a medical breakthrough contends that antibiotics induce yeast to multiply and release toxins that circulate throughout the body. The toxins Crook maintains contribute to nonspecific symptoms including bad breath fatigue nervousness irritability depression memory loss panic attacks and headaches to specific disorders like constipation infertility indigestion asthma psoriasis athlete s foot cancer multiple sclerosis schizophrenia autism and Crohn s disease a Type of Bowel disorder. The theory that fungus is responsible for a variety of medical complaints originated with or. Kazuo Iwata at the University of Tokyo in the 1970s. Or. C. Orian truss an allergist and internist in Birmingham ala., was the first physician in the United Stales to publicly support the theory. There Are reports in the medical literature both in the United states and abroad that scientifically document the ill effects of yeast Crook said. He and other supporters frequently recommend Large doses of the anti fungal drug nystatin along with a diet avoiding carbohydrates sugar alcohol processed foods and Lood additives. Stiehm said the theory probably acts As a Placebo in psychologically induced illnesses but trying to find a single cause for All sorts of problems does t  Fliehm and Haas described the experience of a 2 year old boy to demonstrate some of the hazards patients of yeast connection adherents May encounter. The child was suffering from fatigue crankiness a Runny nose and Candida yeast infection of the Mouth and nails the Urcla doctors said and his Mother brought him to a proponent of the yeast connection theory. The boy underwent two Days of testing including electronic acupressure of the hands and Leet skin tests to inhalant allergens serum Chemis tries a serum Candida antibody profile and a Candida skin test which produced a diagnosis of chronic Muc cutaneous Cand Diasis a yeast infection prevalent among patients with immune system deficiencies. Oral treatment with Large amounts of nystatin was started and recommendations Lor further care included transfusions from the Mother and father to assist the child s immune system and sheep cell infusions Only available in Mexico the doctors said. When the boy s condition worsened. The Mother went to Stiehm for help. The same diagnosis was made but Oral Deloco Azole was prescribed and the child s infection cleared up in two weeks. Nystatin is not absorbed into the blood system while Deloco Azole  Stiehm said. The child was suffering from a sore Mouth. He could t Swallow and had chronic infections of the nails. His condition was getting worse. His experience indicates that the advice of yeast connection advocates May be inappropriate even for illnesses in which yeast is implicated the physician said. Crook said the Case of the 2-year-old boy was one i Don t know about and said he would t approve of the Complex and expensive tests. The exciting thing about the yeast connection the or is nystatin knocks out yeast and Remote illnesses get belter Crook said. The important thing is it  Page 14 the stars and stripes