Moro Food

MORO FOOD (Mogo) for children of nursing age, one of the types of therapeutic nutritional mixtures; proposed by M. in 1920 and is essentially a further evolution of the food of Cherny and Kleinschmidt, and therefore can be together with the latter be attributed to the group of fatty-flour children's food, but at the same time also belongs to the group of concentrated nutritional mixtures. It exists in two forms: in the form of a milk mixture (in our country designated No. 1) and in the form of porridge (No. 2). Composition of M. p. per 1 liter of whole milk: Mixtures Flour (in %) Butter (in %) Sugar (in %) Calories (per 1 kg) No. 1...... No. 2'...... 6 5 7 5 1 470 1530 The food is prepared similarly to that of Cherny and Kleinschmidt, i.e., first a dough is made from flour and oil and then, while stirring and beating it vigorously, hot milk is poured into it, in which sugar has previously been dissolved. Preparation of dough: melt the oil (clarified) over a fire and, adding flour to it, make it boil for 1-2 minutes, stirring vigorously all the time. - According to the author's indication, his food is an antidyspeptic remedy and should find application in cases of dystrophy with diarrhea and simple dystrophy, in infections with elevated temperature, in parenteral infection, in regurgitation in small children, and in cases of exudative diathesis with skin manifestations. When using this food, attention is drawn to the good weight gain in children, abundant fat deposition (but not in amounts exceeding the norm) and the excellent color of the skin - pinkish-brown (deposition of lipochrome pigment). Moro attributes the effect of his food to the fact that it has a beneficial effect on the binding of water in the child's body. This property of the food is explained by the fact that nutrients (fat and carbohydrates) enter its composition in the ratio (1:1.9), in which they are contained in human milk (1:1.7). Such a correlation prevents the occurrence in the intestine of strong putrefaction, despite the fact that the food contains a lot of protein and calcium. Finally, the Moro mixture is a concentrated food, and when using it, the child does not experience a great need for liquid.