Organic for babies and kids

Made without the use of persistent pesticides, synthetic growth hormones, and antibiotics, organic food isn’t just good for you and the planet. When it comes to pesticide exposure, organic is also especially good for babies, toddlers, and kids.

Babies, toddlers, and kids are more vulnerable than adults to pesticide exposure. But research shows that you can immediately and dramatically reduce the pesticide content in your child’s body by switching to organic foods.

Young digestive tracts absorb toxins more readily than adult digestive tracts, and young kidneys don’t detoxify as efficiently as adult kidneys. As a result, toxins circulate longer in babies’ bodies, boosting exposure to four times that of adults.

Researchers at the University of Washington found that by putting children on a mostly organic diet for just five days, they could “virtually eliminate exposures to a dangerous class of insecticides known to disrupt neurological development in infants and children.”

Exposure to pesticides can cause cancer, nervous-system and lung damage, reproductive dysfunction, and possibly dysfunction of the endocrine and immune systems.

Read about synthetic growth hormones and antibiotics.