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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Is Organic Food Better for Making Baby Food?


Organic foods are a fast-growing segment of the prepared baby food market. Many parents today are choosing to feed their babies organic foods, even if the parents don’t eat organics regularly themselves.
Actually, many parents have decided to make their own baby food because they want to provide the freshest foods possible to their baby amongst other reasons. They want the best for their baby and now they are faced with the task of selecting, cooking and pureeing the very best of fruits, vegetables and meats. They may now be wondering if they should buy organic or non-organic foods.
Some people may tell you that the parents should use only organic foods for making their baby foods while others may tell them using non-organic, or a mix of both, is perfectly acceptable. 


Is there a real difference if you use organic food to make baby food?
It really cannot be denied, that organic foods are healthier due to the lack of chemicals and synthetic pesticides. Buying and preparing organic foods for your baby will have great health advantages. Making organic baby food recipes for your growing baby will help to keep baby's fragile system relatively free of chemicals and pesticides.

What are the advantages of organic baby food for infants?
Here are some good reasons why making Organic baby food is a great choice:
  • Babies’ bodies are much more vulnerable to pesticides because their brains immune and detoxification systems are immature and in a state of development.
  • Pound for pound babies eat two to four times more vegetables and fruits than adults and so are exposed to a higher proportion of possible contaminants.
  • Babies who eat organic baby foods are not exposed to the levels of pesticides that are found in conventional foods. 
  • When serving "nitrate" vegetables, the levels of nitrates in Organics are reduced though not 100 percent eradicated (Nitrates are naturally occurring and farming without using nitrogen fertilizers does not eliminate nitrate concentration).
  •  Studies are now showing that Organic foods do have higher nutritional levels than do conventionally grown foods.

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