Have swapped my 13 month old onto cows milk as his drink, and he loves it - much more keen than formula! But, got an email from Aptimil saying how much beef, spinach etc your LO would have to eat to get the recommended amount of iron.
It also said 8/10 toddlers on cows milk don't get the recommended amount of iron. That got me thinking. If 8/10 normal toddlers don't get the recommended amount of iron, isn't the recommended level of iron simply set too high? I don't see a nation of lethargic anaemic toddlers. If it is practically impossible to hit the daily recommended amount of iron on a daily basis just with normal feeding, as has been carried out for centuries, then surely the 'recommended' level is just wrong? And who set it anyway?
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Pfriend · 25/09/2011 19:38
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