Thalassemia Patients and Friends
Discussion Forums => Diet, Nutrition and Supplements => Topic started by: Binita on January 15, 2012, 05:08:05 PM
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Hi all ...
My child is 2.6 yrs n he is a very fussy eater.....recently he started eating biscuits n most of the biscuits he likes has 4 mg Iron n he finishes the whole packet.....is it ok seeing the iron content.
Please advice. Thank you
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Is there 4 mg of iron per biscuit?
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Hello Andy,
4mg for 100gms and around 8 biscuits will be there and he will finish the whole packet.
What I am worried about is toddler needs 7mg of iron per day and as he is thal major we need to give him less Iron so not even 7 mg.
Please correct me if I am wrong....
Thank you
Binita
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Wouldn't the iron in a biscuit be non-heme iron?
Nicole
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Since most of the iron content is supplemental and added to the product, it would not be non-heme iron. In fact, the iron added to grain based foods is usually elemental iron (a fancy term for iron shavings). I question its value but do not question the harm that this can cause over years of use.
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Perhaps you can look for bisquits at an organic food store - they are often not iron fortified. The bisquits your child is eating are helpful to children who need iron - but not for thalassemia children.
Sharmin
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Off topic question, but does bisquits refer to cookies in this case? Bisquits here in the U.S are huge and not that healthy so I can't imagine a little child could eat so many.
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Bobby...that is a great question. I think you are right about that
James
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Hi All,
Thank you all for yo r advice. and yes Biscuits are not healthy but a child can easily finish off 1 packet if they dont eat anything else and gets stubborn on not listening to parents. But thankfully he has stopped eating biscuits from one week but is a very very poor eater of healthy food.