Re: Iron


"NL" <nlandau@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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meatnub schrieb:

Seems like a lot of micromanagement involved. I just make sure he gets
veggies, meats, fruits and grains and dairy throughout the day and
hopefully he's getting all of his nutrients. Is that good enough?

Seriously, stop torturing yourself and your family. Eating a balanced diet
doesn't mean you have to micromanage every single bite. It means not
eating junk all day every day. It means eating fruit and vegetables and
grains and dairy and possibly meat.


Not to be a pain... but I disagree with this. It is about eating low
glycemic index carbs like fruits and veggies, low fat protein like boneless
chicken, tufu and the like, and good fat like avocado, olives, olive oil.
For grains, all you really have that is worth a darn is steel cut oats.

Ok yes, that goes against current wisdom. But just as a little dietary
aside...

www.zonediet.com


But I do agree with your premise in regards to this reply. I think there is
some reason to worry that being overly worried about diet could lead to
eating issues from overeating to refusal to eat.


I don't think our grandparents or even our parents were thinking about
what best to serve with what to get enough iron/calcium/whatever into the
baby, and we all live and I don't know a single person with problems
because of a malnutrition/deficiency of some sort. Third world countries
have that problem, but they have that problem because there is not enough
to eat.
I haven't bought a "fortified" food for my children, ever. I don't believe
in that stuff. I like buying organic and I like cooking real food, from
scratch. I try to not buy sweets (haha, yeah.. emphasis on _try_) and we
eat a good amount of fruit and vegetables. We don't have any deficiencies,
not even Sam who eats like a very weird little bird.

cu
nicole


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