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Rice Dream Nondairy Beverages

Theodore Liu, MD; Ilona J. Frieden, MD
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Arch Dermatol. 2002;138(6):838-838. doi:10-1001/pubs.Arch Dermatol.-ISSN-0003-987x-138-6-dlt0602
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We wish to correct an error in our article published in the May 2001 issue of the ARCHIVES.1 In Table 1 and in the "Comment" section, the Rice Dream (Imagine Foods Inc, San Carlos, Calif) product is erroneously referred to as "Rice Dream milk." The term "milk" in this context is highly misleading. Milk usually refers to a protein-rich fluid secreted by female mammals. Rice Dream and other rice-derived beverages are significantly different from milk in having only a miniscule amount of protein per serving. They are inadequate milk substitutes, particularly for infants who obtain most of their protein through milk or other protein-rich liquids. As our article and 2 other recently published reports stress, infants have developed kwashiorkor when their parents mistakenly made this substitution.2 3 These products should never be referred to as "milk," but rather as "beverages." Because they are frequently positioned in retail outlets near protein-rich beverages derived from soy, and in many cases near nonrefrigerated forms of cow's milk, consumers need to be aware of this critical nutritional difference.

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Liu  T, Howard  RM, Mancini  AJ.  et al.  Kwashiorkor in the United States: fad diets, perceived and true milk allergy, and nutritional ignorance. Arch Dermatol. 2001;137630- 637
Carvalho  NF, Kenney  RD, Carrington  PH, Hall  DE. Severe nutritional deficiencies in toddlers resulting from health food milk additives. Pediatrics. 2001;107E46
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Carvalho  NF, Tomashek  K, Powell  K, Mellinger-Birdsong  A. Severe malnutrition among young children—Georgia, January 1997–June 1999. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2001;50224- 227

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Liu  T, Howard  RM, Mancini  AJ.  et al.  Kwashiorkor in the United States: fad diets, perceived and true milk allergy, and nutritional ignorance. Arch Dermatol. 2001;137630- 637
Carvalho  NF, Kenney  RD, Carrington  PH, Hall  DE. Severe nutritional deficiencies in toddlers resulting from health food milk additives. Pediatrics. 2001;107E46
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Carvalho  NF, Tomashek  K, Powell  K, Mellinger-Birdsong  A. Severe malnutrition among young children—Georgia, January 1997–June 1999. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2001;50224- 227

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