Testing Organic Milk

Organic Food and Baby Health

We live in an industrial world and yet organic food is the buzz word as many major baby food companies have introduced organic baby food in the market. Organic foods are already available for adults and are popular around the world as they provide nutritious and chemical free food products. Organic baby food gives a chance to your baby’s against direct exposure to harmful pesticides and other chemicals in the food. The popularity of such foods is on the rise as for every parent the utmost priority is the health of baby and any small effort to safeguard it beneficial long term impact.  Let us study about the relation between the newborn baby care and organic food.

Normally the aim of the agriculture industry is to maximize the production through use of chemicals and pesticides. Organic farming gives a ray of hope by not using conventional pesticides, antibiotics or growth hormones but aiming for environmentally friendly production methods. There are various governmental and non-governmental certifying authorities who provide organic seals for products.

The methods used in organic farming are biological pesticides, compost and other organic manures as fertilizers. Animals raised on such organic farms, on organic produce provide for organic milk and other products. While neither the, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) nor The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) claim or guarantee that  organic foods are safer or more nutritious than are other foods still the seal provides an assurance that whatever is entering the body of the child is clean and free from contamination.

This is one assurance any parent would love to get. While the direct benefits of organic baby food are yet to be tested, the extra cost of organic baby food might be a little burden but provides an environmentally friendly and healthier food for the baby.

Allergy to Gluten, what to give my son?

Jason is 1y9months and was found allergic to eggs (white a yolk) casein and gluten. Questions:
What is the best way to test for food allergies?
My son has about 40 oz of milk daily, he is having soy milk, which I
am starting to doubt, I am afraid Dari Free is not nutritious enough,
what can I do?
Gerber banana, applesauce, pears, etc. have gluten or casein?
What is a GFGC toothpaste for a 1year9months who will swallow some of it?
What is a GFGC bath soap? he is using Aveeno which is from Oatmeal and
he is allergic
What flour can I use to make him some pancakes, etc?
What can I use as anti-allergy medicine? (my son’s nose is congested
every night, with a little cough, due to allery) pediatrician says
claritin is ok?
I started to give him a teaspoon of Flax Oil, I bought Barleens 100%
organic in Whole Foods, is that ok?

It’s good to hear that you have found out these problems while your child is still young, as undiagnosed long term it could have caused a great many problems that will now be avoided. I know it’s not going to be easy for you, and that you are probably not that happy about it, but really you should take this as a positive development.

The term food allergies is often used but in most cases, what is referred to is not a problem that involves the immune system, but is caused by an inability to digest the food properly, which leads to toxins being produced instead. In the case of gluten and casein, this is a substance very similar to opium. What this means is that most food intolerances don’t show up in allergy tests.

Things to watch out for.

Gluten has so many names on labels it’s very difficult at first. Keep an eye out for any starch of unspecified origin, anything containing malt, msg, soy sauce, and lots of other things. For a fairly full list of its hiding places, please refer to this article:

http://www.glutenfreedietbook.com/articles/10.html

Casein is found in dairy products, milk, cheese, yogurt, whey are some of the things to watch out for.

I’m not that familiar with egg disguises, but for sure albumen is one.

Watch out for shampoos and other things with wheatgerm, probably your best bet for washing things is to go for Simple products, this is a brand name of allergy free hygeine products which is easily available in the UK, i don’t know where you are, but I hope you can find it. Try chemists/drug stores as a possible source if not in your supermarket.

Also it is probably best to go for the mildest washing up liquid and clothes washing products you can find.

Finally, get your pharmacist to check in the book that any over the counter medicine you wish to buy is allergen free. Many of them will contain gluten, and it may not be on the listed ingredients, but should be in the book.

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