Check the Pesticides Your Children are being Exposed to as well
There is a claim that the diet children are eating, the typical American diet is exposing children to high amounts and sometimes sickening levels of pesticides. Many parents are going for the more organic approach with foods that their children are eating every day. Instead of allowing children to go to the corner shop to get a soda, bag of chips and a candy bar they are opting for the local farmers market and having them grab a locally grown options such as fruits and vegetables.
A common used agricultural pesticides called organophosphorus (OP) insecticides are known to have a negative neurological effect on the body and especially the body of young children and even some babies. In one 2003 study done by the University of Washington a group of 23 children ages 3 to 11 had their urine tested twice a day for 15 days. When the diet was switched to a more organic choice in food the levels of malathoin and chlorpyifos (OP insecticides that are used on fruits, vegetable and even wheat gardens) in their systems. (Source: Organic Gardening 2006)
The bottom line on this study proved that organic diets help reduce your child’s exposure to OP and other pesticides that can ultimately cause health issues later in their young life’s.
*Natural and Sustainable Living Tip: Now is the time of year to get your hands on berries, fruits and even certain amounts of veggies at the local farmers’ markets. If you over stock on the produce that is locally, organically, and naturally grown, can it, freeze it and even dry it to help with your winter local produce fix and to eat great and local all year long.
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