Do you feed your LO organic?

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I came across a website that has really made me angry. I thought I did very well with LOs diet. Giving him fresh fruits, veggies out of a can or frozen, eggs, dairy, protein.

However, according to the website there are pesticides all over fruits, BPA in lining of cans, hormones in all the dairy and meat, and nitrates and nitrites in lunch meat (which I knew--but the website was saying it is BAD BAD BAD and will cause leukemia!) . Basically this website said if I don't give DS organic, I am contributing to him developing cancer later in life from all the carcinogens these things apparently contain?

We do give him organic milk, and have just started doing all natural eggs today. I just bought him canned fruits and veggies and now I feel bad giving them to him! We have a place called trader joes that sells organic stuff for cheap. Guess I am making a trip up there, tomorrow.

I really want what is best for LO but now I feel like I have ruined his little body already!

Do any of you guys give your LO mostly organic or do you just give them normal food?

I really am angry at this website! I thought I was doing SO WELL and now this damn thing has made me completely second guess myself!
 
I stick to organic stuff for the first year and still give my toddler as much organic food as possible but have become more relaxed with it. I stick to organic with milk and meat whenever possible, because I don't like the thought of hormones or antibiotics in "regular" stuff.

That said, I really don't buy all the scare stories. I'm sure purely organic is better for you but "regular" won't kill you either. In terms of nutrients, regularly grown veg and fruit can be better, if it's fresher! Yeah, the chemicals etc aren't good but the human body can cope with much more than those websites would have you believe. Plus we get plenty of chemicals through clothing and our environment.

I try to see organic food/clothes as a bonus. It's nice if you can do it, but giving your kid a regular carrot isn't child abuse either.
 
I usually avoid organic on principle! I really don't buy into the scare stories and so will continue to feed me and my family 'normal' food.
 
I do as much as I can organic-for myself too. I've read alot about food ethics and production etc and was aware of the things you found-but it's a minefield.once you start looking deeply it just seems to get worse! There's been problems with Trader Joes stuff too-labelling errors etc.

I avoid gmos and try to use only responsible sources of palm oil because it's killing off the orangutans and avoid carconigens but it's impossible to tick all the boxes all the time so do not beat yourself up over it.small changes and doing your best is all you can do.cancer isn't just from food. I drive myself batty avoiding stuff sometimes but you have to live!

I don't understand the poster who avoids organic on principal!? What principle? That seems an odd stance to take!

Anyway you are doing the best for your baby and don't stress too much. Good luck!
 
I fed my first normal food and I will with this one as well when we get to that point. I struggle to justify the increased cost with organic food, and organic does not automatically mean better welfare standards either with meat. Most of my veg is organic though as I use a box scheme because it comes straight to me from the farm it's much fresher and lasts better.
 
I buy organic. I also grow my own when I can. Usually summer but I found loads of winter stuff I can grow.
 
Nope. I buy free range meat and eggs though out if principle. I do occasionally feed my LO tinned fruit and reduced salt baked beans but I wouldn't feed it too often as I'm more concerned about the lack of 'real' nutrition than it causing any long term effects. One thing I don't feed though is processed meat - ham, sausages etc.
 
In an ideal world, yes I would. I make sure the meat I buy is over 80% meat, lots of fresh fruit and veg, wholemeal carbs etc but it's not organic simply because of the cost. I don't feel bad for what I give my son I know he's having a healthy diet whether it's organic or not :)
 
Why would you be angry at the website for pointing it out? Surely it'd make more sense to be angry at the food growers and manufacturers for putting such rubbish in our food? All of the stuff you read can be in foods really can be in foods, we know that. Whether we'll all die horrible deaths because of it is debatable - some believe it won't affect us at all and others think we're doomed. It sounds like you found a site that believes we're doomed but it's up to you to do your research and form your own balanced opinion. You can find sites for and against pretty much everything you can think of - no point getting angry at them all :)

We don't eat all organic but I try. Milk is something I always make sure is organic, as are our eggs. I try to get organic fruit and veg but the cost sometimes puts me off. We don't eat that much meat but I'm working on the quality of that! Doesn't help that OH is a fan of rubbish meat! I don't think you have to be all or nothing about it - a reduction in the rubbish in your body will help.
 
We feed them:

--organic milk
--organic meat (as much as we can, sometimes we get regular)
--we limit canned foods b/c of the chemicals
--we follow the "dirty dozen" list for fruit/veggies, so some we buy organic, and some we don't

We're not strict with these things, and we just recently started with the organic milk, but we're trying our best.
 
Why would you be angry at the website for pointing it out? Surely it'd make more sense to be angry at the food growers and manufacturers for putting such rubbish in our food? All of the stuff you read can be in foods really can be in foods, we know that. Whether we'll all die horrible deaths because of it is debatable - some believe it won't affect us at all and others think we're doomed. It sounds like you found a site that believes we're doomed but it's up to you to do your research and form your own balanced opinion. You can find sites for and against pretty much everything you can think of - no point getting angry at them all :)
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That I agree to. Misdirected anger. :thumbup:
 
Why would you be angry at the website for pointing it out? Surely it'd make more sense to be angry at the food growers and manufacturers for putting such rubbish in our food? All of the stuff you read can be in foods really can be in foods, we know that. Whether we'll all die horrible deaths because of it is debatable - some believe it won't affect us at all and others think we're doomed. It sounds like you found a site that believes we're doomed but it's up to you to do your research and form your own balanced opinion. You can find sites for and against pretty much everything you can think of - no point getting angry at them all :)

We don't eat all organic but I try. Milk is something I always make sure is organic, as are our eggs. I try to get organic fruit and veg but the cost sometimes puts me off. We don't eat that much meat but I'm working on the quality of that! Doesn't help that OH is a fan of rubbish meat! I don't think you have to be all or nothing about it - a reduction in the rubbish in your body will help.

I wasn't angry at the website information itself, I was angry at how the underlying tone of the website was "your baby is gonna die of cancer if you don't feel organic" which is basically what it said on every page. That isn't a helpful thing to say to anyone whether they believe the hype or not. Based off that website, it seemed more like a scare tactic since they listed no reputable sources, no studies, nothing. Every other sentence was "it causes cancer..." "Will get cancer.." and just all types of stuff about how kids are doomed for cancer.

I am angry that I did research, wasn't buying into the hype so much, and that website flat out said I was wrong. It completely made me second guess myself. As a ftm only trying to do what's right, its frustrating a little! That is why I was angry. Not at the website for putting the biased info out there Lol.
More just at the cancer message with no studies or sources and at myself for not looking into it MORE.

It wasn't misdirected anger, but ok! I guess I can see how it sounded like that though
 
We do where possible, but my LO's have some tinned stuff (baked beans, sweetcorn and they've had tinned fruit) and don't always have organic fruit an veg. Most of it is as I buy from the green grocers or farmers market and it is mostly all locally grown an organic an doesn't cost anymore than buying it non organic from the supermarket. We have organic milk because I'm not really happy with my LO's having cows milk but feel like organic milk is at least a step in the right direction! I don't beat myself up over not buying all organic though.
 
She eats what we eat- but we've always eaten primarily organic. We take it one step further during the summer and have a huge garden for our vegetables and some fruit.

Unfortunately the only thing we haven't moved over to yet is fresh local meats, but we don't eat a lot of meat so it's not a big deal.

It's expensive, but we do what we can. The garden really helps in the summer, plus baking our own bread.
 
No I don't, organic food isn't anymore nutritious so I don't buy it and he will eat what we eat. I usually avoid anything with organic on it if I am in a rush as it usually means it's more expensive and it's quicker than reading the price labels :haha:

When I lived in the US for a short while I bought organic because I was more dubious about what was pumped into the foods, I don't worry about it in the uk.
 
I used to be funny about it but not so much anymore- we have 3 adults and 5 children to feed every week so it isn't uncommon for our shopping bill to amount to more than £150 a week.
 
We buy organic eggs exclusively and locally grown fruit/veggies. Everything else is sort of on a case by case basis. We're not big milk drinkers and LO still has breast milk, so I'm not sure what my stance will be when she starts drinking cow's milk. I'll have to look into it.

We do still buy plenty of 'normal' foods. Buying everything organic is expensive and some things can be hard to find, so I don't think it's realistic for most people to have a completely organic diet.

I agree with the PP that said just make small changes (if that's something you're interested in doing). You don't have to do a complete overhaul. And don't make changes out of fear! I don't believe that canned foods are going to be a cause of death for anyone, ultimately. Aim to live a generally healthy lifestyle and your LO will be just fine.
 
I do as much as I can organic-for myself too. I've read alot about food ethics and production etc and was aware of the things you found-but it's a minefield.once you start looking deeply it just seems to get worse! There's been problems with Trader Joes stuff too-labelling errors etc.

I avoid gmos and try to use only responsible sources of palm oil because it's killing off the orangutans and avoid carconigens but it's impossible to tick all the boxes all the time so do not beat yourself up over it.small changes and doing your best is all you can do.cancer isn't just from food. I drive myself batty avoiding stuff sometimes but you have to live!

I don't understand the poster who avoids organic on principal!? What principle? That seems an odd stance to take!

Anyway you are doing the best for your baby and don't stress too much. Good luck!

I don't personally believe organic is better. And I think people who create websites like the one OP visited are of limited intelligence. Buying organic just encourages them.
 
We don't. There are a few things I try to buy organic for us from the dirty dozen list, and in general I avoid canned veggies if I can get them frozen. I buy glass jars of pasta sauce instead of the canned kind which is a little cheaper, or even making my own from canned tomatoes, since tomatoes are one of the big ones I see warnings about BPA because of the acid in them leaching it out better or something.

We just don't have a lot of extra money to spend on stuff like that, so I buy what I can and when I can. I do find that choosing the organic lettuce, potatoes, etc. is a "cheaper" upgrade than meat, eggs, & dairy, so that's where I tend to buy if I can. DH isn't really a believer that organic is any better than conventional anyway, so it's kind of hard to justify the extra expense to him!
 

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