Guest guest Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 Hi everyone, I'm really in need of some advice here. During my son's last well-baby visit the doctor tested his iron because of us being vegetarian. The results came back showing that he is " extremely iron deficient " and needed to start supplementing immediately. I have a lot of issues going on with this, and if anyone can weigh in that would be awesome. For starters, I honestly believe that I feed him a very balanced and well rounded diet. He eats plenty of lentils, tofu, dried fruit, eggs, cheese, and I mix greens into smoothies for him or buy green juice with everything already blended together. He loves it! He's never been a picky eater, so I know that he's not lacking with his diet, so could the deficiency be due to something else non-diet related or am I missing something with what I'm feeding him? Since this all came about I've been reading up on it a bit more and plan to pair more iron rich foods with Vitamin C rich foods, but that was all I could find. The doctor recommended Fer-In-Sol, which is manufactured by Enfamil and has some preservatives in it. Has anyone tried a more natural iron supplement? (I don't even know if one exists) Has anyone dealt with this before? Any input would be greatly appreciated! ~M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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