Well, I’ve heard it from an impartial jury… organic is better!

I just adopted three little kittens born to a stray. Eating almost exclusively organic food myself and telling everyone I know that it tastes better and I feel better, I made sure to read the labels on the cat food I was buying them. I began feeding them natural or organic cat food where the first 3 ingredients were actual meat, not wheat or some by-product. After all, cats don’t eat wheat, they eat mice… whole and natural.

While on vacation, we ran out of cat food and I went to two grocery stores finding they only carried the popular commercial brands. Well, the kittens refused to eat it. They sniffed it, backed off, sniffed again, and walked away.

Turns out I have organic kitties! They are healthy, lively, happy, and oh so entertaining!

The first environment we live in is the one created by our mothers in the womb. We are all aware of the dangers of smoking, drinking or abusing drugs while pregnant. But what about pesticides used to grow the vegetables you eat or chemicals you breathe in when you paint the baby’s room?

Close friends, Lexy Zissu and Deirdre Dolan were already leading organic lifestyles in terms of the foods they ate when they both began trying to become pregnant. Lexy had been purchasing organic foods as a member of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture farm) for over five years, and Deirdre had embraced the benefits of organic diet long before she decided to become a Mom.

It didn’t take long for Lexy and Deirdre to begin considering the other possible dangers they would be exposing their little ones while pregnant, despite organic foods. This inspired the two journalists to go completely organic.

When they had trouble finding many organic products, Lexy and Deirdre discovered there was no real comprehensive resource for locating organic products; like interior paint, cosmetics and carpeting, for instance. Their solution? Write the book.

The two authored The Complete Organic Pregnancy (Harper Collins Books), a thoroughly-researched guide for parents-to-be who want to create a completely organic environment for their newborn (while he’s in the womb and after he’s born). The book details the benefits of following an organic, whole food diet while trying to conceive and while pregnant, but takes readers to the next step of an organic lifestyle: eliminating harmful toxins and simplifying your surroundings.

What may seem like an incredibly daunting task, transforming your home and body into organic environments can be done relatively quickly if you know where to go for hard-to-find products. This is one of the most helpful aspects of the book – it tells you why “going organic” is a good idea, and then tells you where to find everything you need to do it.

You can’t take too much time, though. “You only have nine months to prepare that little brain,” said Lexy.

Her best piece of advice for parents-to-be who want to take the first step at going organic? Don’t change anything! And by that she means renovation. It seems natural to fix up baby’s room, but a multitude of toxins are released when you make home improvements or changes. Even something as innocent as a fresh coat of paint can be harmful.

Lexy and Deirdre are working on a more general organic guide for people who aren’t necessarily trying to become or are already pregnant. It’s a natural transition, since they both welcomed their little girls into the world within the last year. Lexy’s daughter Aili is 10 months old, and Deirdre’s daughter Saoirse Burlingame just turned four weeks.

Get your copy of “The Complete Organic Pregnancy” Here!