Congratulations! You are setting out on the first steps of a very exciting journey of your baby’s “First 1,000 Days”, starting with the 270 pregnancy days and goes up to when your child reaches his second birthday.
Research papers have highlighted how the health and wellbeing of a mother and child in the first 1,000 days of development can have long term consequences, more importantly also posts as the golden opportunity to give your baby the best start, especially a green start that is free from environment toxicants.
Environmental toxicants?
Do you know what is environmental toxicants? Why is it a burden to you and your baby? And where it comes from?
Your body may be exposed to chemical pollutants through air, water, skin care, cosmetics, toiletries and household products whereby the unwanted toxic chemicals can enter your bloodstream and sent to all the body organs, which we collectively term as environmental toxicants.
How environmental toxicants affect you and your baby?
For years, scientists have proven that environmental toxicants you are exposed to can indeed burden the body and become a real health threat by way of chronic disease, deformities, disorders and allergies.
These environmental toxicants can be unsafe when they gradually accumulate in your body and upon successful pregnancy, could mean babies are born pre-polluted with cocktail of artificial chemicals according to scientific researches. These burdening chemicals can post adverse health effects such as possibility ofreduced IQ, development of learning and attention deficit, infertility and childhood obesity. Unfortunately, this lasting detrimental health concerns can impact the lives of children, their adulthood and pass on to next generations.
Good news is you can make a difference within the first 1,000 days of your baby’s life. Start small, start now, start avoiding environment toxicants!
