HE RECOMMENDED DIETARY AL-

LC)W~-I~iGES for infants are based, to a large degree, on our knowledge of the nutrients of human milk and of the amount consumed by healthy infants. In addition, human milk has long been used as the standard for the formulation of modified c~c3w’s milk products for infant feeding. Recently, concern that tfietarv cholesterol intake may be a risk factor for coronary heart disease has led to modify-ing some formulas derived from cow’s milk so that their cholesterol content is from 8 to 30 per cent of that of human milk. Indeed, some products are being marketed which are almost completely free of cholesterol., The Committee on Nutrition of the Ameri