Wholesome Baby Food Recipes Blog – A Homemade Baby Food News Blog

Thanks to Josie in CA who let us know about the latest marketing ploy at Gerber. Not only do the commercial baby food companies try to deceive parents into thinking that they are better at feeding babies than the parents are, they are now making foods labeled as Fruit Juice Snacks – these contain [...]

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From the Center for Science in the Public Interest: 
CSPI Urges FDA to Ban Artificial Food Dyes Linked to Behavior Problems – Dyes Called “Secret Shame” of Food Industry and Regulators
Yellow 5, Red 40, and six other widely used artificial colorings are linked to hyperactivity and behavior problems in children and should be prohibited from use [...]

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We have been cruising through the Cosmetics Database for some time now.  This database is maintained and run by the Environmental Working Group.  Named Skin Deep,  this database “pairs ingredients in more than 25,000 products against 50 definitive toxicity and regulatory databases, making it the largest integrated data resource of its kind. Why did a small [...]

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Fish burps
It just makes me laugh to say and write it!
What are fish burps and what if your baby has fish burps?
Fish burps happen when you take Fish Oil supplements in the form of capsules or the actual oil itself.  The Fish Burps occur because the fish oil hangs out in the digestive tract and [...]

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Many of our Newsletter readers wrote to thank us for directing them to the Earth Mama Angel Baby line of Organic and Toxin-Free Baby (and Mommy too) care products.  Several of you also asked for more information about how to avoid Phthalates.  We post this from “The Daily Green”:
The Daily Green: How to Avoid Phthalates
In [...]

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