Iron deficiency and anaemia can cause difficult behaviour and poor concentration in toddlers.
Iron sources can be find i a red meat, beans especially black, oily fish, all dark green vegetables as broccoli, fortified breakfast cereals, dried fruit as apricots, acai berry, vitamins C fruits milk enriched with iron and other vitamins and minerals are also a complementary good source.The Department of Health recommends that children aged between one and three years have 6.9mg of iron a day what it is quite a lot consider they found the UK children are getting only 5.6mg. In another word 8 out of 10 UK toddlers aren't meeting the recommended daily amount of iron.
You can help your child absorb more iron each day by providing a diet variety rich in iron sour and adding to this a glass of orange juice to help the body in the iron absorption.
To have an idea of how difficult is for the body absorb iron, just to get half of the recommended iron intake, a toddlers would have to consume around 8 broccoli florets or 3 grilled lamb chops. For this reason is also important you make sure your toddler carry on drinking at least 500ml of milk per day in between a good food diet up to two years old.
