Posts Tagged: Healthy Children

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20
Apr 11

Giving Your Baby Organic Food

Let’s face it. Mostly everything that pack our grocery stores are full of processed foods including produce and dairy products pumped with growth hormones and sprayed with pesticides. This is a very unhealthy way to live and it has a negative impact on our children.

It is a fact that organic foods not only taste better and are higher in nutrients, but eating organic foods decrease the chances of developing certain types of cancers and other illnesses. Our children’s bodies are developing and it’s not worth putting them at risk of getting sick. Buying organic foods is more expensive, but the benefits outweigh the costs, and much of the cost can be saved if people considered growing organic fruits and vegetables in their yards or in containers on porches and patios.

You know it’s bad when your child comes up to you each day and asks you “What’s for dinner – McDonald’s or Taco Bell?” And then we wonder why our 100-pound daughter is wearing a size 36DD bra. Our children are inheriting the growth hormones that are injected into the chickens and cows whose eggs, milk, and meat pack the grocery stores and restaurants.

What can you do about it?

Change your lifestyle! This may be very difficult if you are not accustomed to buying organic foods and eating healthy in general. It must start with the parents. You are what you eat!

Start making changes to your family’s diet slowly but surely if you are starting fresh. Here are simple things you can do to give your child a healthy start in life.

  • Cut out carbonated drinks and sugary juices and replace them with organic 100% fruit juice with no sugar added.
  • Buy organic foods whenever possible or grown your own.
  • Limit dining out to once per month.
  • Take healthy snacks with you on the road in a cooler such as apple wedges, carrots, cheeses, and dips to give your children. Keep jars of organic baby food in the car.
  • Buy organic milk. It lasts a couple of weeks longer and you can be sure your child is not drinking the growth hormones that cows are injected to produce more milk!
  • Keep your refrigerator stocked with fresh foods. This will force you to serve healthy foods to your family and not the frozen stuff.

If you get your baby off to a “fresh” start, she will grow up with healthy eating habits and traditions.

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30
Jul 10

Natural Baby Products For a Healthier Baby and Planet

Natural baby products will assist greatly in the health and wellness of your child. It will also offer mama the piece of mind knowing that her bundle of joy is exposed to the healthiest products on the planet, for the planet. A consumer really needs to self educate and become aware of natural product ingredients, materials, and socially responsible principles in order to truly represent natural living.

The list of natural baby products is quite extensive, to name a few: cloth diapers, skin/body care, clothing, books, textiles, toys, furniture, and games. Sometimes, even when a product states that it’s “all natural” there are still hidden toxins or impurities. For example, food grade skin care is considered the safest and absolute purest choice for the true “natural” consumer.

What prompted my initial search was the importance of discovering safe, natural, and effective products for my un-born first child. Secondly, once my child was born, I was motivated to research natural baby products to create a list of resources to pass on to more traditional, phthalate plastic crazed and synthetic minded family members.

On the subject of natural baby products, in particular, skin/body care, I discovered some interesting facts. I will offer this as an example on what the general population does NOT know about.

For starters…

Washing babies skin with soaps or detergents can cause the loss of acid mantle. Repetitive washing alters the stratum cornea and barrier functions, including skin pH. Once damaged, it can take up to 14 hours to restore, by which time, it’s most likely under assault again from another washing.

There are many diseases that cause an increase in skin surface pH if not utilizing natural baby products. Skin conditions that can cause this phenomenon include:

?Eczema
?Contact dermatitis
?Atopic dermatitis
?Dry Skin

Can you imagine if the general population knew how to “cure” the common eczema? If we all knew about and trusted natural baby product choices, a lot of baby/childhood ailments could be prevented.

Another tip…

When purchasing natural baby products, how about considering the following choices or alternatives to assist you on your natural way.

1. Clothing and Textiles- organic cotton, renewable resources such as bamboo and hemp, and or no dyes or pigments. 2. Furniture- non-toxic wood stains such as soy based, beeswax, etc. 3. Body/skin care- food grade, herbs, and botanical based products. 4. Bedding- organic bedding and or bamboo. 5. Cloth Diapers- organic cotton or most cloth choices over the alternative (one pamper takes 300 years to biodegrade).

Toys- wooden, non-toxic paints and materials, phthalate free plastic.

The above is a short list of what to look for when buying or researching natural baby products. You may also want to consider purchasing American made or socially responsible baby products to insure that happy humans are helping conserve and bring awareness to a happy planet.