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Organic Baby Food |
Are you aware from my previous postings that organic fruits and vegetables contain about 33% as many pesticides as conventionally grown foods. That’s 66% less harmful material getting into your body. Limiting and reducing your baby’s risk of exposure to pesticides by feeding them organic baby food is a crucial first step to promoting optimal health that will last them a lifetime.
Many pediatricians will tell you that children are more vulnerable to toxins in food. Children grow quickly and so do their brains, organs and muscles. Because they are growing at a rapid rate eat more for their size than we grown ups eat. This means that pound for pound our children are getting higher concentrations of pesticides, pollutants and residues than us adults. What is disturbing is that scientists are still trying to figure out exactly how pesticides affect children. It took years for them to figure out that lead or second hand smoke was bad. Why risk the unknown?
This uncertainty drives us parents nuts. This uncertainty is the driving force of new or expecting mothers to switch to organic baby food. Nowadays we are seeing many making their own organic baby food from organically grown fruits and vegetables.
Some might be put off by the thought of making their own organic food but remember that when you do something once, the second time is twice as easy. There are tons of organic baby food recipes online and how to manuals that make the task that much easier.
If you find yourself or someone you know unwilling or unable to choose organic food then at least try to follow the guidlines that the Environmental Working Group has produced in their guide to the pesticide levels in fruits and vegetables. Their findings, while a tad bit scarey, are based upon data from the Agriculture Department and Food and Drug Administration.
The guide says the lowest pesticide levels are found in asparagus, avocados, bananas, broccoli, cauliflower, sweet corn, kiwi, mangos, onions, papaya, pineapples and sweet peas. The highest pesticide levels, meanwhile, are found in apples, bell peppers, celery, cherries, imported grapes, nectarines, peaches, pears, potatoes, red raspberries, spinach and strawberries.
Travis Waack is a blogger and the webmaster of Organic - Just The Way You like It. |
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