Organic Baby Food

Most parents shop the baby aisle of their health food or grocery store looking for baby food, see organic baby food and then purchase their preferred brand, or the one they have a coupon for, without giving it another thought.

Most of us grew up on regular baby food and we are, more or less, healthy and whole. Having suffered no evident negative effects from commercial varieties, it can't be that bad, right?

However, it's less about what you grew up with and more about raising a healthy baby in a world where hormones, pesticides and other chemicals in food are the norm.

As we are all too aware, today's world is not the one we grew up in.

Do chemicals found in the baby foods really affect your child's health? Many people mistakenly believe that chemicals in our food are digested and expelled as waste; however, in reality, they get absorbed by the body and accumulate.

It is safe to assume that, if it happens in adults it happens in babies, too. When babies who had been fed a diet of regular baby foods were switched to organic baby food, the noticeable levels of pesticides and fertilizers that had been present in their bodies reportedly disappeared.

While the adverse effects of chemicals haven't yet been proven harmful to children, the possibility does exist that they could damage a baby's internal organs or cause health problems later in life.

While changes in your baby may not be noticeable once you have stopped feeding them commercial baby food and shifted to organic, your baby will notice the change. Unlike adults, babies' bodies use food for survival and growth.

Babies and children eat substantially more food per pound of body weight than adults; they also process food differently. Some studies have found that pesticides and other chemicals have a significantly greater impact on children than adults.

While you will notice organic baby food costs more when compared with standard commercial brands, you can reduce the cost without affecting your baby's health. Various traditionally grown foods, including bananas, broccoli, mangos and sweet peas, contain very low levels of pesticides and are safe for consumption by your baby.

Switch to organic baby food for foods containing high levels of pesticides including apples, strawberries and spinach. To save even more, make your own! Buy or grow organic vegetables so that you know what is going into your baby's system. If you need help with preparation tips or baby food recipes, a simple search on the internet will yield hundreds of options.

In our modern day society, children seem to get sicker more often and tend toward obesity. For these reasons alone, it's a good idea to get your child to start eating healthy food as early as possible.

The best way to do that is by feeding them organic food from their first bite of baby produce without the hidden dangers of pesticides. Feeding your child good, wholesome foods will set them up for a long, healthy life with good eating habits.

Marty Rich has been a professional chef for more than 27 years. He is dedicated to helping everyday people, like you and me, learn to create easy, simple meals with the freshest of ingredients. For more information on organic living please visit http://www.chefmartyrich.com.

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