A Big Reason To Go Organic

Instead of a recipe today I wanted to share about a study I found that really made me take our family 100% organic. I am not sure if any of you have ever heard of Dr. Greene, but he is a very famous pediatrician and has an awesome website full of wonderful information for parents. He is also a very big advocate for eating organically and reducing the toxins that your children are exposed to. In 2005 he did a study on the cord blood of 10 newborns. If you are not familiar with cord blood, it is the blood that is in the umbilical cord at the time of birth. This very special blood contains stem cells that are used to treat over 40 some diseases now. They are amazing. So amazing that you can pay to have your own child's blood frozen just in case your child ever develops something like cancer. Anyways, he took the cord blood of these 10 newborns, who of course had never been exposed to the outside world before,and tested them for 413 different toxins. Out of the 413 he tested for the blood was positive for 287 of them. Again I want to stress that these are newborns, never been in the outside environment, never eaten food , or drank breastmilk, or formula. They were inside their mother's womb. But they had been exposed to chemicals from power plants and chemicals used in plastic production, breakdown products of fabric, carpet, and paper coatings; largely banned pesticides, fire retardants used in computers, furniture, and televisions; chemicals used in lubricants,varnishes, and cable insulation;and banned electrical insulators and lubrucants. This is how bad the toxins are in our environment are. A baby who has never been born is being exposed to 287 different toxins inside his mother's womb. And we wonder why the rates of autism and other issues are skyrocketing. Our children deserve to grow up in a toxin free environment and eat food that is full of good things and free of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. Just because you can't see an immediate reaction to the chemicals doesn't mean they are not doing harm to your child's body and immune system. Be proactive and read labels. Do some research and make yourself familiar with reading labels and what to look for and what to avoid. You can go to Dr. Greene's website and check it out. For some reasom Blogger won't let me put a link on today so you can copy and paste it.

http://www.drgreene.com/ewgreport/cord-blood-statement-scientists-mds

here is an article linking toxins to autism and cancer:

http://www.thornburgpediatrics.com/articles/do_toxins_cause_autism_cancer.html