Ma ke ʻano he mau mākua, ua mākaukau mākou e hana i nā mea a pau e hōʻoia i ka ulu ʻana o kā mākou mau keiki i ka hauʻoli a olakino. Hoʻopaʻa mākou iā lākou i nā maʻi like ʻole, hopohopo mākou i ko lākou ihu holo, i kekahi manawa ke manaʻo nei mākou i ka wela kiʻekiʻe he pōʻino honua. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole ʻike nā mākua a pau e pilikia ana lākou i ke olakino o kā lākou mau keiki ma o ka hoʻonui ʻana iā lākou i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā meaʻai ʻiʻo ma mua o ka ʻai ʻole cholesterol.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻiʻo i ka ʻai a ke keiki e hoʻopilikia maikaʻi ʻole i kona olakino i ka wā pōkole a me ka lōʻihi. Hoʻopiha ʻia nā huahana ʻiʻo me nā hormones, dioxins, metala kaumaha, pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics a me nā mea pono ʻole ʻē aʻe. ʻO kekahi mau lāʻau antibiotic i loaʻa i ka ʻiʻo moa i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka arsenic. Hoʻopili ʻia nā lāʻau herbicides a me nā pesticides i nā mea kanu, a laila hānai ʻia i nā holoholona mahiʻai - ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea make i ka ʻiʻo ma mua o nā mea kanu. No ka mea, aia nā toxins i loko o ka ʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki ke holoi ʻia. Wahi a ka US Department of Agriculture, ʻo ka ʻai ʻana o ka ʻiʻo ke kuleana no ka 14% o nā hihia meaʻai i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻAʻole kēia he mea kupanaha, no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻiʻo i ka maʻi bacteria weliweli e like me E. coli, salmonella, campylobacteriosis.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia nā pākeke i nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole o kēia mau ʻike. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā helu helu hiki i nā pathogens ma luna ke make i nā keiki. ʻO Benjamin Spock, MD, ka mea kākau o kahi puke kaulana e pili ana i ka mālama keiki, ua kākau: . ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki i kahi meaʻai meaʻai piha ke hāʻawi i ke keiki me ka protein, calcium, nā huaora no ke olakino a me ka ikaika. ʻAʻohe meaʻai vegan i nā momona, cholesterol, a me nā mea ʻawaʻawa i loaʻa i loko o ka iʻa, ka moa, ka puaʻa, a me nā huahana ʻiʻo ʻē aʻe.