Go Organic

Many parents prefer to eat certified organic foods during pregnancy and lactation since they feel this is a more wholesome choice for themselves and their developing and growing children. Organic food products are produced using:

Agricultural management practices that promote and enhance agro- and eco-system health and use no genetically engineered seeds or crops, sewage sludge, long-lasting pesticides, herbicides or fungicides.

Livestock management practices that promote healthy, humanely treated animals by providing organically-grown feed, fresh air and outdoor access while using no antibiotics or growth hormones.

Food processing practices that protect the integrity of the organic product and disallow irradiation, genetically modified ingredients (GMOs) or synthetic preservatives.

Organic foods may be best for children and infants because:

Infants and children are much smaller than adults, and often eat more food on a per pound basis than do adults. For this reason, any pesticide residue remaining on conventional foods may have the potential to affect children more significantly than adults.

Children, in particular infants, do not have the same defenses, like established blood brain barriers, immune systems or liver detoxification enzymes, as adults and are more vulnerable when it comes to potentially toxic compounds.

Children and infants are in a stage of rapid growth and development. Exposure to harmful compounds at this time could have a more deleterious effect than for adults.