Is baby food safe?

Описание: Do you need to worry about the latest headlines when it comes to baby food and toxic levels of heavy metals?

Let’s bring a little Science and sanity to the convo.

Here’s what you need to know - why we’re talking about it, WHAT you should know if you’re a parent who has been feeding these foods to your kiddo, and what to do going forward.

Timing for highlights:
1:57: A little context (and what to do if you’re a parent who has been feeding these to your kiddo) - and NO, you should NOT panic. (I explain why).
3:23: What to do going forward - I recommend making the following changes:
(1) Limit rice-based products (think rice puffs, rice cakes, rice cereal, and all of their variations). Go for other grains or oatmeal.
(2) Give a variety! If you feed your child a variety of different foods you’ll be far less likely to give them higher concentrations of anything concerning.
(3) Avoid/limit combination purees (think those with grains + veggies + fruit + yogurt etc).
(4) Switch from juices to water only
(5) Make your own if you wish - will it solve all of the problems? Probably not (since these metals can be in the soil and water), but if you have the time to maybe make a batch or two that you incorporate into baby’s food, it’s not a bad idea.
(6) Don’t just give pureed carrots or pureed sweet potatoes, which of the produce, were the highest culprits (note: don’t avoid these entirely - they’re important! But mix in other produce)

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