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Offline rachaelm0

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Baby Rice Inhibiting Iron Absorption?
« on: January 31, 2010, 08:50:08 am »
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I weaned my LO at 4 months.  Now 6 months I visited the HV to discuss foods that I should introduce.  The HV told me not to use baby rice as it inhibits iron absorption? I can't really find any information on this though.  Does that mean that all rice inhibits iron absorption including ground rice, pudding rice etc etc?
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Re: Baby Rice Inhibiting Iron Absorption?
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2010, 11:10:25 am »
Hmmm - not heard that one before! They usually tell you to give baby rice because it has iron in it! So sorry, can't advise! I suppose you could add a fruit with vit C to it because that helps the body to absorb iron from food :-\

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Re: Baby Rice Inhibiting Iron Absorption?
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2010, 20:06:24 pm »
Maybe there should be more worry about the arsenic levels in baby rice than anything to so with iron absorption!!:

http://www.nhs.uk/news/2008/04April/Pages/Arsenicinbabyrice.aspx
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Re: Baby Rice Inhibiting Iron Absorption?
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2010, 04:14:12 am »
I have not heard rice preventing iron absorption.  Does your HV have any recent research to this? 
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