Iron: Guidelines to improve your child's intake

 Learn what iron deficiency is and what kind of food you need to give your child to overcome iron deficiency.

 What is iron?

 Iron is a mineral and is needed by everyone's body to function and make hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a red blood cell that causes oxygen to be transported to other parts of the body.

 If a child is deficient in iron, it is called anemia.  This means that not enough oxygen is reaching the body's cells.  This causes the baby to turn pale and feel weak, tired and irritable.

 What are the causes of iron deficiency or anemia in the body?

 Babies need a constant supply of iron to grow up, otherwise the body becomes deficient in iron. Babies who do not eat iron-rich foods or whose body refuses to take iron will develop anemia.  Is

 Possible causes of iron deficiency

 Drinking more milk [20 ounces or 570 milliliters a day] or more juice [4 ounces or 115 milliliters a day], babies who fill their stomachs with a low-iron diet  Iron deficiency.

 Even after the age of two, bottle-fed babies are at higher risk of developing anemia.

 The child eats foods that are low in iron

 Which foods have the most iron?

 Iron is found in animal and plant foods.

 Iron obtained from animal sources is called hemi iron.  Our bodies are able to absorb heme iron better than non-heme iron.

 Iron obtained from plants is called non-heme iron.  Our body needs non-heme iron when eaten with food because it contains vitamin C such as [malt juice, sangtra, prokli, strawberry, red or green chili, tomato sauce] or  Items should be eaten with meat.

 The following table describes meat-based hemi-iron and non-meat-based non-hemi-iron foods.

 Hemi Iron Food [Easily Absorbed] Non Hemi Iron [Hard Absorbed]

 * Beef [Hamburger, Beef Liver, Corn Beef, Steak]

 * Small meat

 the chicken

 * Turkey [Iron in deep meat]

 Wheel

 Fish [haddock, halibut, salmon, tuna] in the box

 With water

 Sausages

 Claims or oysters

 * Iron-derived formula or serial

 * Wheat cream

 * porridge

 * Iron-rich breakfast cereals [cherries, corn flakes]

 * Beans, Cabbage Lime, Lima Beans, Navy Bean, Kidney Bean, Lentils.

 Cooked bean [inside cans]

 Oven-baked potatoes [including skin]

 Dried fruits, dried apricots, dried figs, nuts

 Pron juice

 High quality pasta

 High quality rice

 Tofu hard

 Gar's Shera, Black Strip

 Brooklyn

 Spinach

 * Make this food a part of your daily diet

 Acquisition of iron at different ages


 Breast milk helps babies with anemia from 4 to 6 months of age, after which babies need iron from other sources, such as iron-rich cereals and meat.

 If you have decided to bottle-feed your baby, give him iron-fed milk until he is one year old.  Don't use low iron milk.  These formulas do not contain enough iron to meet a child's iron needs.

 It is important to make sure that the baby is getting enough iron, especially babies who are breastfed for six months. Start giving meat and iron-rich cereals as the first dose.  Do

 If an iron serial is started at the age of six months, continue it till the age of 2 years.

 Meat is the best source of iron. Dinners that are vegetarian with meat are much better because more meat means more iron.

 If you prefer to give your child a vegetarian diet, give him medium or hard tofu, peas, lentils, and beans.

 Children and newborns

 Babies who drink too much milk or juice are more likely to develop anemia.  Take the following steps to help children over the age of 2 get more iron:

 Release the baby bottle and start feeding from the cup.

 Do not give more than two cups of milk a day ie [16 ounces or 450 ml]

 Give iron-rich foods every day

 How can iron deficiency be met?

 It is important to give your child a supplement [ferrous sulfate] to treat iron deficiency.  Such a supplement will give you a pediatrician.  Iron supplements, taken with vitamin C, are digested faster or taken on an empty stomach.  Iron supplements should not be taken with milk or anything made from milk if they are taken with food.

 Avoiding Iron Deficiency: Steps to Increase Iron

 Children should be given food that

 Children should be given food that

 Do not give two cups of cow's milk daily [16 ounces or 450 ml]

 Half a cup to one cup of juice daily [4 to 8 ounces]

 Serve beef, pork, goat meat, dark turkey, or liver, kidneys, etc. every day

 Serve daily with cereal, double bread, rice, pasta with the words 'enriched' or 'fortified' written on them.