Not exact matches
They should receive
iron supplements in a dose of 60
mg to 100
mg per day, and folic acid 1
mg per day.
But babies need a whopping 11
mg of
iron a day, so your doctor may even recommend that your little one continue to take the
supplement until he gets the
iron he needs from food.
Give liquid
iron supplements daily (12.5
mg / day) to infants 6 months to 1 year of age if daily vitamin - mineral
supplements or
iron - fortified foods are not being given.
Subjects were fed a liquid formula diet of 40 % fat (corn oil), 45 % carbohydrate (glucose polymer), and 15 % protein (casein hydrolysate)
supplemented with 5.0 g iodized NaCl, 1.9 g K, and 2.5 g calcium carbonate per day, 1
mg of folic acid twice weekly, and 36
mg ferrous
iron every other day.
This means the RDI for
iron during pregnancy is much higher than usual, at 27
mg per day, so taking a
supplement may help.
Most
iron supplements contain around 25
mg of
iron and should be taken with food and some sort of a vitamin C
supplement (to help avoid stomach upset and aid in absorption).
But problems to your GI tract begin when you take
iron supplements that contain about 20 — 40
mg of
iron per capsule (depending on which brand you buy).
Unlike
Iron,
supplementing calcium is encouraged and safe; however the body can only process 500
mg of calcium at once so you need to spread your dosage out throughout the day.
The average daily
iron intake from foods and
supplements is 13.7 — 15.1
mg / day in children aged 2 — 11 years, 16.3
mg / day in children and teens aged 12 — 19 years, and 19.3 — 20.5
mg / day in men and 17.0 — 18.9
mg / day in women older than 19.
The daily recommended dose of
iron during pregnancy is 27
mg, which is found in most prenatal vitamin
supplements.
Taking
supplements containing 25
mg of elemental
iron, particularly on an empty stomach, can cause nausea and constipation and reduce zinc absorption.
This was
supplemented by 25 meq / d of potassium bicarbonate and citrate and 200
mg of calcium as carbonate, plus vitamins and
iron.