I wouldn't blame Baby Harry. Even more so now. I and many other moms I have play dates with, watch him. Dr. Oz is our second bible, the first Bible being the one we read daily. However, I was so mad watching his "report" on BPA that I wrote an article on Yahoo! about it. I titled it Dr. Oz Promotes False BPA Claims, because he does. Everything he reported was false.
Women and mothers expect Dr. Oz to report the truth, especially in a show titled, "The Chemicals You're Feeding to Your Kids." I believe many mothers were upset by this show. I can only imagine how many moms tossed their canned goods because of Dr. Oz's comments. But he is so wrong. So very wrong.
The "expert" he had on his show cited a Harvard study where the test subjects ate one can of soup per day, which "increased their BPA output by 1,000 percent." She also claimed that BPA was found in umbilical cords and that the chemical "leads to higher obesity, lower birth rate and lower test scores for children."
Really? When Iowa temps were over 110 degrees and I was so very pregnant with Baby Harry in 2012, I couldn't tend my garden....and it died. We ate canned veggies. And Baby Harry was 9lbs, 1 oz. Lower birth rate? Not so much. I've been eating canned food since and at 5 months (while breastfeeding exclusively) he now weighs 19.9 lbs. Again, lower weight? Not so much.
When I was pregnant with my first child, William, I ate canned foods then as well. He's now a happy, healthy and thriving 7 year old. In fact, his pinewood derby car won first in his Cub Scouts den and 6th overall in their pack (against the "big boys" as he says).
Liam drew the design for his car. He also has the periodical table of elements on his wall. He's brilliant. And I'm not just saying that because I'm his mom....I've had three teachers in two school districts tell me so.
Sorry, Dr. Oz...but BPA leading to lower test scores? Not so much.
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