AUTHORS ' CONCLUSIONS Feeding with a soy formula can not be recommended for prevention of allergy or food intolerance in infants at high risk of allergy or food intolerance .
BACKGROUND Allergies and food reactions in infants and children are common and may be associated with a variety of foods including adapted cow 's milk formula .
Soy based formulas have been used to treat infants with allergy or food intolerance .
However , it is unclear whether they can help prevent allergy and food intolerance in infants without clinical evidence of allergy or food intolerance .
OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of feeding adapted soy formula compared to human milk , cow 's milk formula or a hydrolysed protein formula on preventing allergy or food intolerance in infants without clinical evidence of allergy or food intolerance .
Randomized clinical trial of soy formula with and without added fiber in antibiotic-induced diarrhea.
OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine the effects of soy formulas with and without added soy fiber in children who developed diarrhea while receiving antibiotics .  DESIGN In a masked , r and omized parallel study , older infants and toddlers were fed commercial soy formulas with or without added soy fiber for 10 days on occurrence of diarrhea during the administration of antibiotics . Subjects were stratified by feeding ( formula versus cow 's milk ) . The primary variables were duration of diarrhea , stool characteristics , and intake . Secondary variables were weight and spit-up . RESULTS All 45 children who completed the 10-day study received > 30 % of their caloric intake from formula . Fiber intake from other foods did not differ between groups and averaged 0.5 g/day . Total median fiber intake of the group fed the formula with added fiber was 6.53 g/day . The mean duration of diarrhea was 25.1 + /- 5.2 hours for children fed the formula with added fiber and 51.6 + /- 10.7 hours for those fed the regular formula ( P = .0013 ) . CONCLUSION The duration of antibiotic-induced diarrhea in children fed the soy formula with added soy fiber was significantly reduced
AUTHORS ' CONCLUSIONS Feeding with a soy formula can not be recommended for prevention of allergy or food intolerance in infants at high risk of allergy or food intolerance .
BACKGROUND Allergies and food reactions in infants and children are common and may be associated with a variety of foods including adapted cow 's milk formula .
Soy based formulas have been used to treat infants with allergy or food intolerance .
However , it is unclear whether they can help prevent allergy and food intolerance in infants without clinical evidence of allergy or food intolerance .
OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of feeding adapted soy formula compared to human milk , cow 's milk formula or a hydrolysed protein formula on preventing allergy or food intolerance in infants without clinical evidence of allergy or food intolerance .