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Did your doctor tell you to start solid foods with iron-fortified white rice cereal? Today’s guest Dr. Alan Greene is working hard to change the way physicians talk to parents and caregivers about starting solid foods...and he wants everyone to stop recommending white rice cereal as a first food for babies!

Dr. Alan Greene founded the White Out movement in 2010 to educate pediatricians and parents about the drawbacks of reliance on white rice cereal. In this episode he’s explaining the history of the White Out movement, the negative impact white rice cereal has on the transition to solid foods and suggestions for other wholesome starter foods that babies can safely self-feed.

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SUMMARY of episode

In this episode we talk about:

• How white rice cereal prevents the taste acquisition babies should be experiencing from other foods

• Why pediatricians are still recommending white cereal even though it can actually be harmful

• Better iron foods for babies and how you can spread the White Out message in your own circles

ABOUT THE GUEST

• Dr. Alan Greene is a pediatrician and founder of the White Out movement where he advocates against the use of white rice cereal for feeding babies

• Dr. Greene founded the White Out movement in 2010 to educate pediatricians and parents about the drawbacks of reliance on white rice cereal

LINKS from episode

• Other episodes of the BABY-LED WEANING MADE EASY podcast that were mentioned in this episode:

  • Episode 69 - Sugar and Why Your Baby Should Avoid it with Robert Lustig, MD, MSL

  • Episode 144 - What Did Babies Eat Before Baby Food was Invented? with Amy Bentley, PhD

  • Episode 104 - How the Lucky Iron Fish Can Increase Iron Absorption with Founder & CEO Gavin Armstrong, PhD

• “Get the White Out of Baby’s First Foods Pediatrician Says” article featuring Dr. Greene in USA Today

• Dr. Greene’s information on the White Out Movement on his website

• Dr. Greene’s book Feeding Baby Green on Amazon (this is an affiliate link)

• Dr. Greene’s TICC TOCC cord clamping information

RESEARCH LINKS FROM THE EPISODE

• AAP recommendations on variety of foods to prevent arsenic problems with rice

• FDA Supporting Document for Action Level for Inorganic Arsenic in Rice Cereals for Infants

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