Adults have fully formed blood-brain barriers and mature immune systems. In the womb, a fetus is somewhat protected from toxins by the mother's ability to filter them, but some toxins get through, and babies aren't prepared to deal with them the way adults are. There are so many toxins and pollutants that it's not useful to list each one—there are thousands. It's easier to understand the main categories of toxins, where they come from, what they do, and what you can do to keep them from affecting your pregnancy. Toxins come from three main sources: your food, your environment, and inside your body. A shocking number of common ailments—some life-threatening—are the result of chronic exposure to low levels of toxins. Most people don't know this because they don't feel the effects soon enough to realize that the toxins are the cause of their health problems. Just like slowly dripping water can erode limestone, low levels of toxins erode health over time. Toxins erode a fetus's health and neurological development much more quickly, however.
What do You think about The Better Baby Book (2012)?
