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Most parents shop the baby aisle of their health food or grocery store looking for baby food, see organic baby food and then purchase their preferred brand, or the one they have a coupon for, without giving it another thought. Most of us grew up on regular baby food and we are, more or less, healthy and whole. Having suffered no evident negative effects from commercial varieties, it can’t be that bad, right? However, it’s less about what you grew up with and more about raising a healthy baby in a world where hormones, pesticides and other chemicals in food are the norm. As we are all too aware, today’s world is not the one we grew up in. Do chemicals found in the baby foods really affect your child’s health? Many people mistakenly believe that chemicals in our food are digested and expelled as waste; however, in reality, they get absorbed by the body and accumulate. It is safe to assume that, if it happens in adults it happens in babies, too. When babies who had been fed a diet of regular baby foods were switched to organic baby food, the noticeable levels of pesticides and fertilizers that had been present in their bodies reportedly disappeared. While the adverse effects of chemicals haven’t yet been proven harmful to children, the possibility does exist that they could damage a baby’s internal organs or cause health problems later in life. While changes in your baby may not be noticeable once you have stopped feeding them commercial baby food and shifted to organic, your baby will notice the change.

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I’d like to grow them in pots or troughs and I’ve never grown them before. can anyone give me some tips on how to get started?

My husband and I are woken every morning at the moment by cicadas (otherwise known as Christmas beetles). They are driving us insane and we want to get them out of the garden, but not use an insecticide as we have pets. Does anyone have a natural remedy they know of for getting these little insects to move away??

I’d like to grow them in pots or troughs and I’ve never grown them before. can anyone give me some tips on how to get started?