Jill Castle
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540 appearances
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first heard Apr 2017
last heard Nov 2022
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That can come from poor variety of foods or poor iron-rich foods in the diet.
And if a child does have a deficiency of iron, we do supplement.
We use supplements.
And I'm a food-first girl in general with all my clients.
I'm going to always try to
address any gaps in the diet with food, but there are certain nutrients like iron that we just can't replace through food alone.
Those children do need a supplement because we want to get those iron levels back up into the normal range.
We also know
you know, in the first couple of years of life that iron is intimately related to the cognitive abilities and development of children.
So we know there's research on children who did not get enough iron in their diet in the first couple of years of life, and they have cognitive deficits.
We see that research mostly in countries where, you know, there's hunger and malnutrition, but there's a definite link between iron and cognitive development.
So...
We always want to treat iron deficiency.
We want to get those levels up to normal.
And then we want to make sure we're teasing out foods in the diet that are going to keep that level normal.
Sure, that's a great question.
So as I mentioned with iron, cognitive development mostly, but also there's research that indicates iron deficiency can reduce the effectiveness of medications.
So that's another reason why we want children to be iron replete.
Zinc is associated with inattentiveness.
So a zinc deficiency is associated with inattentiveness.
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