A Fistful Of Nutrition Post #7:Infants, that is babies between 0-11 months, have enough iron reserves in their body to last them until 4-6 mths of age. After that, one has to ensure that adequate iron is being provided through their diet. This is not an issue for infants whose meals includes non-vegetarian food eg pureed chicken. Vegetarian and vegan infants however, need to be given iron fortified commercial baby food, in addition to providing iron via iron rich vegetarian food sources eg pureed spinach combined with a base like mashed rice. If your baby is vegetarian or vegan, after the age of 4-6 months, you will have to select baby food which is fortified with iron. Read the Nutrition Information Panel on the product, to see if your choice of baby food is iron fortified.
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