Chicken nuggets - only 4% of iron in SEVEN nuggets! I need ideas for young children pls!

[Anonymous]

It is probably helpful that your child does not drink too much milk. I recall hearing that excessive drinking of milk is a main cause of iron deficiency. Must interfere with absorption somehow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is probably helpful that your child does not drink too much milk. I recall hearing that excessive drinking of milk is a main cause of iron deficiency. Must interfere with absorption somehow.

That, and too much milk (which contains no iron) reduces your kid's appetite for other foods.

[Anonymous]

legumes, leafy green, iron-fortified cereals, dried fruit, eggs, red meat, and whole grains. Iron from animal products is easier to absorb than iron from plant sources.