iron rich food
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Topic: iron rich food
Posted By: lizzle
Subject: iron rich food
Date Posted: 17 May 2009 at 4:50pm
| taine lacks iron, and although we are giving him supplements at the moment, I would prefer for his diet tobe providing his nutrients if possible. BUT, he is not fond of meat - at all really, And, he rarely eats a decent dinner, but boy, can he pack it away at lunch (daycare ended up requesting me to bring him more food - as a yoghurt, two sandwiches, two pieces of fruit, a chopped up carrot, some snacky nuts or something - wasn't enough). So really, i'm looking for ways to get iron into him - Especially any vegetarian options, as I said before, he isn;t fond of meat, but will eat fruit and veges pretty well. |
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Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 17 May 2009 at 4:53pm
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Having a glass of orange juice or a vit c tablet with meals can help him absorb the iron.
I'm hopeless at working out what food has what in it so can't really help you there sorry. -------------   
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 17 May 2009 at 4:55pm
| If you do a search in the preggy section i did a post when I was preggers about iron rich foods.. in a hurry so can't do it myself and people came up with ideas for me as I'm a vego |
Posted By: noisybaby
Date Posted: 17 May 2009 at 6:18pm
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Iron-Rich Foods
Foods that are a good source of iron include: liver lean red meats, including beef, pork, lamb seafood, such as oysters, clams, tuna, salmon, and shrimp, etc. beans, including kidney, lima, navy, black, pinto, soy beans, and lentils iron fortified whole grains, including cereals, breads, rice, and pasta greens, including collard greens, kale, mustard greens, spinach, and turnip greens tofu vegetables, including broccoli, swiss chard, asparagus, parsley, watercress, brussel sprouts chicken and turkey blackstrap molasses |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 17 May 2009 at 7:01pm
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spinich is a one I remember and I think silverbeet. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 18 May 2009 at 6:49pm
You can "muli" up liver and/or meat and hide it in anything - or so a friend told me. She hides liver in yoghurt! 
Any developments with intolerance testing or where his iron levels are now at? -------------  |
Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 18 May 2009 at 7:01pm
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my sis home made her baby food and used to grate frozen liver into everything and apparently since its such a small quantity you cant taste it. ------------- 
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