This week I promised to report the startling results of a study that revealed lower pesticide levels in children’s urine after only five days of eating organic food. What’s the big deal? According to Joel Forman, associate professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and co-author of the study, “Kids’ nervous systems are developing. Exposure to toxins can have different and much more profound effects on children
Monday, November 19, 2012
PARENTS: RAISE ORGANIC CHILDREN-PART 2
PARENTS: RAISE ORGANIC CHILDREN-PART TWO
TIP OF THE WEEK-NOVEMBER 19, 2012 The previous Tip of the Week presented the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics(AAP)-eating organically grown food reduces exposure to pesticides, herbicides, and the chemicals in synthetic fertilizers
. This week I promised to report the startling results of a study that revealed lower pesticide levels in children’s urine after only five days of eating organic food. What’s the big deal? According to Joel Forman, associate professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and co-author of the study, “Kids’ nervous systems are developing. Exposure to toxins can have different and much more profound effects on children.”
Regarding the consumption of organic milk, the researchers do not believe that the same benefits occur as eating organic food. Parents have concerns about milk because of the growth hormones and estrogen given to cows. But these additives according to the AAP do not effect humans and, “appear to be safe.” My emphasis would be on the word, appear.
Another hot topic in this interesting WSJ article by Andrea Petersen, is the consumption of red meat. It is reported that eating beef increases children’s exposure to the anti-biotics given to cattle. Eating organic meat reduces this exposure and may reduce the risk of disease related to anti-biotic resistance bacteria. One study noted an increased risk of breast cancer for teenage girls later in life who eat red meat from animals treated with hormones.
The final decision on whether to eat organically or conventionally is
Thursday, November 8, 2012
PARENTS: RAISE ORGANIC CHILDREN
If you are not already convinced that organics may be better, read on. According to a Wall Street Journal article, “Report Supports Organic Produce, but Not Milk” by Andrea Peterson, eating organic foods is recommended advice of the American Academy of Pediatrics. (AAP
PARENTS: RAISE ORGANIC CHILDREN
PARENTS: RAISE ORGANIC CHILDREN TIP of the WEEK November 7, 2012
“Do you have any real butter?” Can you imagine a dinner guest uttering those words to his hosts when he sees margarine on the table? Mea culpa; it’s me. Yes, I am the proverbial organic nut and have been one since the early 90s when I decided that foods grown without the use of pesticides, herbicides and synthetic fertilizers had to be better than foods grown conventionally.
I not only paid the price for higher food costs at the store but I also paid the price socially by being derided and teased by friends and relatives for my opinions. I was also the recipient of those non-verbal looks translated to mean; “You’re weird”.
What’s the cliche? I believe it’s “What goes around comes around” or is it “What comes around goes around”….no matter.The organic food movement has grown exponentially during the past 20 years and you can’t find a major supermarket that does not include an organic section. And yes, some of my early tormentors are indulging themselves on organic food products and grass fed beef devoid of anti-biotics and other unnatural substances.
If you are not already convinced that organics may be better, read on. According to a Wall Street Journal article, “Report Supports Organic Produce, but Not Milk” by Andrea Peterson, eating organic foods is recommended advice of the American Academy of Pediatrics. (AAP)
The discussion or controversy surrounding the nutritional benefits of organic foods versus those of conventional foods has been
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