Why is organic baby food better for your baby?

Question

The environment aside, my wife and I have been feeding our baby only organic baby food. Someone posed this question to me, why are you feeding your baby organic. You didn't have organic baby food and your healthy.

Answer 1

When it comes to baby food, I think it is a marketing thing, they feed of the worried parents trying to do what they think is best for their baby. Baby food is so looked over regulated it can't have anything in it or done to it. There is no preservative or anything.

I see a reason for organic foods I do, I buy what we don't grow or raise at home at health food stores or farmers markets whenever possible so I know where it came from and what it is.

I personally make my own baby food, much cheaper, I know what they are eating and I know how it was prepared.

Answer 2

Organic means that the food was not grown with any Chemicals and Chemical pesticides were not sprayed on it. So yes it is okay for your baby. I eat a lot of organic food and use organic products because they are better on the environment and I took the time to read some of the tests they did to determine if a chemical was safe or not and was quite shocked to find out some of them were inconclusive and they determined that it was okay even thought they didn't know the effect it had on the water systems and soil! the way I look at it is I can't ingest the pesticide and not get sick from it then why would I want it sprayed on my food. That stuff gets in the soil and into the root system you can't tell me it's not in the fruit or vegetable.

Answer 3

Here is my take on organic baby food these days. We did not have organic baby food when we were growing up but we also did not have car seats but would you put your child in a car with out a car seat? Research has shown that the pesticides do have long term harmful effects especially on a growing body. I buy organic for my daughter when and where I can. It's expensive and we are on a limited income so I have decided to stick with only buying organic for what's called "the dirty dozen". These are fruits and vegetables that, when washed there are still a large amount of pesticides left on the vegetable/fruit. The list is: (it's more than 12)

pears, apples, cherries, grapes (if the grapes are from Mexico no need to buy organic), nectarines, peaches, raspberries, strawberries, peppers, celery, potatoes, spinach, squash (only of grown in the US). Canteloupes should be bought organic as well. There is a pesticide that farmers are no longer allowed to use that is still in the soil and canteloupes absorb this type of pesticide.

There is no argument that buying organic meat and dairy products are best.

There are tons of articles about this on the internet. Search babycenter.com and msnbc.com if you'd like more info.

Hope that helps!

Answer 4

If you mean back when we were kids, ya sure we didnt have organic food but that was also because the usage of pesticides and other chemicals wasnt common, in fact there were no GM foods, so obviously we had it better. I dont know what you mean by organic, if its home cooked with organic ingredients then its totally pure, anything bottled (even its organic in content) cannot be altogether safe and healthy simply because food rots without preservatives and even natural preservatives like oil,lemon juice, salt and sugar arent good for babies, so how can additives be?

Answer 5

The allowable pesticide and herbicide limits are calculated based on the weight and body mass of the average adult. So what's considered "acceptable" in, say, one carrot could easily be far more than is healthy for such a little body. Babies' intestinal systems are still establishing themselves, too, and they don't have all the protections in place that adults do.

Aside from that, conventional food is bred and treated to attain certain traits, and nutritional density isn't one of them. They aim for traits such as uniform appearance, slow ripening, and ability to travel well. Organic food doesn't travel as well or last as long, so it needs to be used fairly quickly after harvesting -- which means that it hasn't lost as much nutritional value as conventional food. (Fruits and vegetables lose nutritional value the longer they're off the stem.) By feeding your baby organic food, you're giving your baby the best access to bioavailable vitamins and minerals.

Answer 6

Organic food is supposedly healthier because the farmers who grow the food don't use as many pesticides, chemicals, hormones, etc. The problem is, organic farmers aren't regulated as strictly as they should be.

http://www.child.com/child/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/child/story/data/organic.xml&catref=chd28

Answer 7

Well organic food doesn't have the chemicals that are in processed foods and are more easily digestable, they also have more nutrients to absorb. This is especially good for growing babies and children.

It's great to nurture good eating habits from a young age. :)

Answer 8

organic is better because the fruits and vegetables it is made from were never treated with pesticides

Answer 9

it is just extra money. there is nothing in organic food that is any healthier than in inorganic.

Answer 10

No preservatives