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How to Be Eco-Friendly When Pregnant

by Cherie Brunetti
2For those who strive to be eco-friendly, pregnancy can add extra challenges to your life. Pregnancy is a crucial time in your baby's health and well being. Eating organic food as much as possible will eliminate many harmful chemicals from entering your system as well as ensuring that you are doing what you can to help the environment. The following article will discuss ways to be eco-friendly while you are pregnant.Organic food
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    How to Be Eco-Friendly When PregnantEat organic foods. Organic foods are pesticide, hormone, antibiotic, and nitrate free. These are all things that you want to avoid as much as possible during your pregnancy.Organic produce.Avoid mercury. Do not eat fish that is high in mercury. Mercury can cause myriad problems for your unborn baby or infant.Avoid mercury high fishUse organic beauty products. These can include makeup, shampoo, soaps, lotions, and face creams. Try to find green beauty products at your local natural food store.Organic beauty products
Buy organic cotton products for your baby. Conventional cotton production uses huge amounts of pesticides and insecticides. 

High-mercury fish includes king mackerel, orange roughy, shark, swordfish, marline, tilefish and tuna steak.Eating all organic foods can be very expensive. To be cost effective, buy organic versions of the food that you eat the most. Also, try to buy organic produce as much as possible since fruits and veggies have the highest exposure to pesticides and chemicals.

Many common makeup brands contain a chemical called phthalates. This chemical has been linked to birth defects.

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