What Do You Think Of Organic Baby Food?
We have been seeing, reading, and hearing a lot about organic food lately. Just this weekend, I was planning on going to the supermarket to do my regular grocery shopping. Before I could do that, though, a friend of mine called me up and invited me to go to a local specialty market with her for a change. She was raving about the organic food that we could buy there instead of the regular stuff at the supermarket.
Probably like you, I have an idea what organic food is all about. I am not so sure as of yet as to whether there really is a need for organic food, especially for babies and children. Countless other children have grown up to become healthy adults and they probably didn’t have organic food. Why should I make that shift?
Colleen Hurley, a certified kid’s nutrition specialist, wrote an article about this at Baby Mum-mum. She is a firm believer in going organic. I found some of the reasons she gave to be quite convincing.
Protects children: babies and children are far more susceptible to toxicity than adults. Little one’s have more skin surface are per body size, have still developing detoxifying systems, and have more sensitive skin. Many side effects of toxins can take several years to develop, so starting your baby on organic foods from the start can ensure a healthy future.
It tastes better: if you don’t believe us, try your taste test with an organic piece of fruit and conventional one to see for yourself.
I think that next time, I shall give organic food a try and see for myself. I still am not sure about going organic all the way, though. What about you, what do you think of feeding your babies only organic food?
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July 28th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
I don’t know how much benefit we get from organic food. At our supermarket regular baby food and orangic baby food is the same price (they have commercials about this) so my son gets a mixture of regular and organic food.
While I don’t knwo the facts I am sure organic is much healthier for you, especially organic meat.
July 28th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
it seems to me that its most important for children to eat organic whenever possible… their little bodies are developing so rapidly and while they may survive all of the toxins in conventional food, why not give them a boost by keeping that out of their diet? i think the same is true of what we use to wash their skin and slather on their diaper rashes. i’ve heard it said that the skin is the largest organ of detoxification – if that much can come *out* of the skin, think of what goes in *through* the skin.
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:13 pm
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January 27th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
My overall perception of ‘organic’ fruit and vegetables is positive. I have carried out taste tests at my local supermarket and personally learnt that organic fruit is tastier than its normal counterpart but i didnt taste much difference between organic and non organic greens \ veg.