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The Real Reason Young Kids Need Iron

Enjoying lunch with my youngest grandchild, Hazel Honey. A nutrient-rich diet and supplementation helps nourish her rapid growth and development during the active toddler years.
Enjoying lunch with my youngest grandchild, Hazel Honey. A nutrient-rich diet and supplementation helps nourish her rapid growth and development during the active toddler years.

The more time I spend with my youngest granddaughter Hazel Honey, the more I find myself brushing up on my knowledge of kids’ nutrition. I suppose it’s a proud grandpa thing. Hazel is an active toddler with an inquisitive mind, so like her parents, I want to make sure her diet fully nourishes both her body and brain. As I suspected, nutrition experts continue to point to one nutrient—the trace mineral iron—as a nutrient of concern. In other words, to make sure young kids get enough iron every day to fuel their rapid growth and development, extra vigilance is needed. 

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