Healthy feeding goes way beyond eating organically. We’ll steer you clear of the pesticides on your peaches and the toxins in your Tupperware.
Melamine is a chemical used in the production of plastics. It can be found in a variety of consumer products including furniture, food utensils, and tableware. While the chemical initially gained criticism over effects on kidney function, new research brings to light concerns over the melamine chemical as an endocrine-disruptor. This leads us to the… Read more »
What Are Fluorinated Chemicals? Paper and fiber food service ware and packaging often contain fluorinated chemicals. The chemicals known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) persist in the environment for a very long time and are harmful to humans. PFAS are added to food service ware and packaging for moisture, oil, and grease resistance. The… Read more »
The FDA has withdrawn its approval of the following 7 chemicals from use in food flavorings because they were all found to induce cancer in laboratory animals. (see table below for places these flavorings are often found) Ethyl acrylate Eugenyl methyl Myrcene Pulegone Pyridine Styrene Benzophenone The FDA has also banned benzophenone for use as a plasticizer… Read more »
The American Academy of Pediatrics have started warning doctors about chemicals leaching into food from food packaging. In their policy statement Food Additives and Child Health (August 2018), they discuss both intentional food additives, as well as indirect food additives. Indirect food additives are “substances in food contact materials”. They include these because the substances that make up… Read more »
The Myth of BPA-Free Plastic Many of us feel reassured when we grab a plastic bottle to drink from if it has a sticker that says “BPA free”. However, mounting evidence is showing that the replacements for BPA might be just as harmful. My husband and I recently got ourselves tested for different toxins in… Read more »
At this time of year, our family is in full-swing lunch-packing mode. We’ve had to reinstate the habit, forgotten over the summer, of getting our daughter’s lunch packed for preschool before we leave the house at 7:15 every morning. Hopefully, we get most of it packed up the night before. The routine of doing this… Read more »
I tell my daughters that I love them so much, that the most important thing in the world to me is that they are healthy. Even if they don’t agree on my approach, they know that their health is my number one priority. Feeding them healthy food is the one way I can contribute most… Read more »
Bisphenol A (BPA) is being removed from many consumer products, such as household plastics and the linings of metal cans, because of concerns about the chemical’s potential to disrupt the endocrine system. Many manufacturers have replaced it with a chemical known as bisphenol S (BPS). These products are then often labeled as “BPA-free” and presumed… Read more »
Many schools have started asking parents to pack a waste-free lunch. This means avoiding packaged products and Ziploc bags. We asked our Assistant Manager in Brooklyn, Elle, to give us some tips she has learned from packing healthy, waste-free lunches for her daughter Zoe Grace. Here is what she had to say: It can be… Read more »
Being a company with a focused on organic products, we are often asked about our opinion on GMOs, or genetically modified organisms. It seems that the jury is out on whether or not the pure act of genetically engineering food can in any way harm the people eating it. However, a recent study showed us… Read more »
