Nitrates in My Baby's Food: Do I Need to Worry?

#329: Nitrates and nitrites are all around us in our environment, food and water supply. But are they something worth worrying about when it comes to your baby ingesting nitrates? In this episode we’re exploring what nitrates are, where they come from, what they can do to babies in high quantities and what precautions can be taken to minimize risk of nitrates in your baby’s food. Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/329 🎧 🎧 🎧 🎧 🎧 Other episodes about contaminants in baby foods you might be interested in are: Episode 208 - Heavy Metals in Baby Food with @consumerreports James E. Rogers, PhD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/208  Episode 232 - Tuna Talk: Is it Safe for Babies to Eat Canned Tuna with @consumerreports Michael K. Hansen, PhD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/232  Episode 246 - Arsenic in Baby Food with Charlotte Brody, RN and Jane Houlihan https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/246  Episode 259 - Pasta Water Cooking Method for Making Rice Lower in Arsenic https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/259  💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 Get your copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS list on Katie’s free BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS workshop: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop Follow @babyledweanteam on IG: https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/ 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 I know you like LISTENING to infant feeding advice, but if you want to SEE what some of these best baby-feeding practices LOOK like, check out my baby-led weaning YouTube channel with new baby feeding videos dropping every week. Click here to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/babyledweaning  🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive BLW community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices