solid foods with higher iron content,
including iron fortified cereals, red meat, and vegetables (green beans, peas, and spinach, etc.) with higher iron content are good foods to start early
Not exact matches
Good sources
include pureed meats,
iron -
fortified cereal, and pureed legumes such as lentils, kidney beans, lima beans, black beans, and pinto beans.
A suggested course of introduction is: First 6 months: breast milk Around 6 months:
cereals,
including some
iron -
fortified
Good first foods that are high in
iron include meats, chicken, fish, lentils, beans, tofu and
iron -
fortified infant
cereals.
It's a worthy list, and
includes «infant
cereal,
iron -
fortified adult
cereal, vitamin C - rich fruit or vegetable juice, eggs, milk, cheese, peanut butter, dried and canned beans / peas, and canned fish.
In a study that compared babies who ate pureed meat as a first food to those who ate
iron -
fortified infant
cereal, the meat - fed babies had an increased rate of head growth but there weren't significant differences in blood chemistry
including iron levels.
A good pregnancy nutrition plan will
include plenty of
iron through
cereals that have been
fortified, beans, red meat, poultry and even spinach.
Start with formula or breast milk, and add soft pureed foods
including;
iron fortified rice
cereal, squash, sweet potatoes, applesauce, pears, peaches and bananas.
Your goal over the next few months is to introduce a wide variety of foods,
including iron -
fortified cereals, fruits, vegetables, and puréed meats.
It's important to
include iron - rich foods in your diet, such as meat, dried beans, and
fortified cereals.
Rice
cereal isn't necessarily the best choice for a young infant because it has fewer nutrients than other healthy first foods,
including pureed meats and vegetables or
iron -
fortified cereals made from other grains.
First 6 months: breast milk Around 6 months:
cereals,
including some
iron -
fortified ones 6 - 8 months: fruits and vegetables 7 - 10 months: protein foods (soy, legumes) 12 + months: wheat, dairy, nut butters, egg white
Maple syrup has insane amounts of riboflavin (B2, can be hard to get on typical diets which is the reason many
cereals and other foods are
fortified with it) and manganese and a large amount of other minerals people are often deficient in
including zinc and calcium and also has good amounts of potassium, magnesium, and smaller but significant amounts of
iron, selenium, and copper and this is just going by cronometer which may be going by grade A types whereas grade B (darker maple syrup) has the most minerals and recent research shows there's antioxidants present in maple syrup, some unidentified.
To help prevent anemia, make sure your diet
includes red meat, or
iron - rich alternatives (dark - meat chicken or turkey, salmon, tuna, shrimp) and an
iron -
fortified cereal.