any recommendations for high-iron GFCFSF cereal for 5 y.o. w/anemia?

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Hi, I am looking for a high iron cereal for my 5 y.o. HFA son who also is

diagnosed with anemia and needs more iron in his diet. does anyone know of one?

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I believe rice chex has 50% of the daily recommended allowance for iron. An

easy way to add iron to your child's regular cereal product or just as a treat

is to add 1/2 cup of raisins to it. Half a cup of raisins is about 3.3 mg of

iron. 6 slices of peaches (fresh) have about the same amount of iron. One ounce

of Pumpkin seeds as a snack is also about 3mg of iron.

G.

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> Hi, I am looking for a high iron cereal for my 5 y.o. HFA son who also is

diagnosed with anemia and needs more iron in his diet. does anyone know of one?

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Other food sources of iron [if you can get him to eat it]: meat,

liver, spinach, kale.

I believe rice chex has 50% of the daily recommended

allowance for iron. An easy way to add iron to your

child's regular cereal product or just as a treat is to

add 1/2 cup of raisins to it. Half a cup of raisins is

about 3.3 mg of iron. 6 slices of peaches (fresh) have

about the same amount of iron. One ounce of Pumpkin seeds

as a snack is also about 3mg of iron.

G.

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better to get iron drops and give it to him in juice, or other acid

drink like lemonade, even fruit drink. The acid in the juice will

help him absorb the iron better than cereal will. The phytin in

cereal prevents iron absorption and it gets worse if you add more iron

to the cereal.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9094880

> Hi, I am looking for a high iron cereal for my 5 y.o. HFA son who

> also is diagnosed with anemia and needs more iron in his diet. does

> anyone know of one?

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Spinach and Kale, while they have a lot of iron, also make it hard to

absorb that iron because of phytates. If you do use them, add lemon

juice or vinegar to improve absorption. Beans, Prunes and molasses

are also high in iron.

If you add beef or vitamin C to any food, it can triple iron

absorption from that food.

And do not give an iron source along with other minerals. there are

only so many boats to carry the passengers (minerals). Don't add more

passengers (calcium, zinc, magnesium)

> Other food sources of iron [if you can get him to eat it]: meat,

> liver, spinach, kale.

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>> I believe rice chex has 50% of the daily recommended allowance for

>> iron. An easy way to add iron to your child's regular cereal

>> product or just as a treat is to add 1/2 cup of raisins to it. Half

>> a cup of raisins is about 3.3 mg of iron. 6 slices of peaches

>> (fresh) have about the same amount of iron. One ounce of Pumpkin

>> seeds as a snack is also about 3mg of iron.

>> G.

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Well as a GF Adult I have always enjoyed eating Mesa Sunrise. It has many GF grains and thought it was pretty nutritious...but I just looked up it's iron content and it has 6% of daily requirement....compared to rice chex which has 50%. Not to Shabby Chex!!! I am shocked. Good Luck!!!To: sList From: danwohl@...Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 20:36:49 +0000Subject: any recommendations for high-iron GFCFSF cereal for 5 y.o. w/anemia?

Hi, I am looking for a high iron cereal for my 5 y.o. HFA son who also is diagnosed with anemia and needs more iron in his diet. does anyone know of one?