Arsenic in Baby Food with Charlotte Brody, RN and Jane Houlihan

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">#246: You can’t “buy your way out” of the heavy metal in baby food conversation. Heavy metals like lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury are present in whole foods that we modify for baby-led weaning.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode I’m interviewing Charlotte Brody, RN and Jane Houlihan from Healthy Babies Bright Futures (HBBF). Their landmark 2019 study “What’s in My Baby’s Food?” found that 95% of baby foods tested contained toxic chemicals that lower babies’ IQ, including arsenic and lead.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Charlotte Brody is the HBBF National Director and Jane Houlihan is the HBBF Research Director and in this interview they are explaining:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">WHY heavy metals end up in our food supply to begin with…and why buying organic does not erase the problem</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">WHICH foods have higher heavy metal concentrations…and why simple steps like removing the skin from sweet potatoes can help cut exposure for your baby</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">HOW to prepare foods to lower risk for your baby…boiling rice like it’s pasta in lots of cooking water, choosing baby spinach over bigger pieces and more tips for making your baby’s food safe</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Get your copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS list on Katie’s free BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS workshop:</span> <a href= "https://babyledweaning.co/workshop"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://babyledweaning.co/workshop</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Follow @babyledweanteam on IG:</span> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here:</span> <a href= "https://blwpodcast.com/246"><span style= "font-w