Pete Evans: paleo cookbook for mums and babies under fire again

CELEBRITY chef Pete Evans is under fire yet again over the reworked version of his paleo baby formula, which dietitians warn could still seriously harm kids.

Celebrity chef Pete Evans is coming to the Gold Coast for his Learn to Cook the Paleo Way tour

CELEBRITY chef and paleo diet fanatic Pete Evans is under fire over the reworked version of his DIY baby milk formula, which dietitians warn could still seriously harm babies.

Evans’s publishers Pan McMillan last month withdrew his controversial paleo cookbook for mothers and babies from publication after dietitians warned the recipes were harmful to infants.

Now experts have taken aim at a reworked happy tummy brew in the cookbook that contains 4.5 times the maximum Vitamin A dose for a baby.

Evans has vowed to push ahead with a digital publication of the book Bubba Yum Yum: The Paleo Way, for New Mums, Babies and Toddlers.

Health experts found a recipe for DIY baby formula in the original cookbook made from liver and bone broth contained more than ten times the safe maximum daily dose of Vitamin A for a baby.

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Evans’s co-authors, actor and wellness blogger Charlotte Carr and naturopath Helen Padrin, told Seven’s Morning Show last week the formula had been reworked and renamed “Happy Tummy Brew”.

Pete's colleague ... wellness blogger Charlotte Carr, with her husband Wes Carr and son Willow, insists the baby formula has been reworked and is safe.

The pair told the program the recipe had changed. “We added vitamin C and some calcium,”Carr told The Morning Show.

The Dieticians Association of Australia has examined his reworked baby formula and warns it still contains 4.5 times the recommended upper limit of vitamin A for babies.

“This new infant “brew” could seriously harm babies,” a spokeswoman for the Dieticians Association of Australia said.

Paleo pusher ... Pete Evans, with his fiancee Nicola Roberston, has had an eventful month.

Babies who consumed too much Vitamin A could suffer from swelling of the fontanelles, the spokeswoman said.

“The authors seem to have made a serious mistake with this second version of their liver and broth recipe, suggesting they do not understand the basic scientific and nutrition information relevant for infant feeding.

“They have said publicly that they have tried to make it safe by reworking the original recipe, and increasing the age for which it’s suggested from 0-6 months to now be 6-12 months, but they have failed spectacularly to meet any safe standards.

This is just another example of the serious dangers of following the health and medical advice of unqualified people, she said.