Feeding Baby Green Provides a Thought Provoking Solution to BPA-laden Prepared Foods

Dr. Greene has been on the leading edge of the Green Baby Movement for many years.  Most parents are familiar with his best selling book Raising Baby Green, which quickly became the standard for parents striving to make eco-friendly choices.  Now Dr. Greene bursts onto the scene with Feeding Baby Green at a time when pre-packaged convenience foods are the norm, childhood obesity is sky-rocketing, and Type II diabetes is ravaging young children as never before.

I can’t even begin to discuss the sheer depth of information covered in Feeding Baby Green in one article, so I won’t.  For now, I want to share  what jumped out at me as a mom immersed in an endless sea of bisphenol-a (BPA) in my family’s food.

Baby Food is a Myth

At first glance, this seems like an overly simple statement, or maybe even an outlandish sales pitch.  But as I continued to read, the weight of Dr. Green’s bold statement hit me.  Does he realize he’s going completely contrary to a foundational belief in our society?  What are his intentions and how does aim to support such a claim?  The answers to those questions quickly became clear, along with a solution to our ever-growing problem of toxic chemicals in our children’s food.

And so, Dr. Greene explains:

Baby food is a myth.  A useful myth, perhaps, but it’s worth pulling back the curtain to reveal that baby food was in invention of twentieth century food corporations.  The modern idea that babies should get entirely different fruits and different vegetables and different seasonings  than what the rest of the family is eating is about as modern as the Gerber Baby.

When my father was born, “baby food” was rare.  By the time I was a baby, in the late 1950’s, a particular style of jarred baby food had become a shared rite of passage.  In just one generation we had a change in how we feed babies that was so dramatic and so pervasive that it now seems like it has always been this way.

The fact is, babies don’t need to eat baby food, particularly factory-made baby food from a little jar.  Throughout the long, successful history of our species, babies have done remarkable well without it.  We have always had food for babies, of course, but what we think of as baby food is a recent shared myth, made tangible as commercial products.

I know - you’re wondering if it’s really a smart idea not to follow the Stage 1, 2 and 3 exactly as you’ve been told.  You’re thinking that it will take too long to prepare fresh food for your baby.  And then what if you’re not sure you can provide your baby with a balanced diet?

Drop the worry, let the fear go and dump your pre-conceived ideas about how babies should be fed.  Dr. Greene has orchestrated an amazing - and doable - journey for you.  Feeding Baby Green is so much more than a “how to” book – it’s a stolen look into Dr. Greene’s own journey to freedom and joyful family meals where baby is included instead of separated.

And those concerns of BPA and toxic preservatives harming your baby’s health?  They become drastically diminished in a world where you prepare one dinner for the whole family, without the need for jarred and canned baby food.  In the process your child will learn how to enjoy healthy, unprocessed food for life.

Dr. Greene is not just your run of the mill doctor.  He is passionate about connecting with you and answering your questions, so be sure to catch up with him on the Feed Baby Green website and even Twitter.