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so in this video I want to talk about

why a child may have the dark circles

underneath the eyes that has to do with

a iron deficiency now that doesn’t

necessarily mean that they’re anemic you

can have an iron deficiency and they’re

not anemic but they could also be an

anemic an iron deficiency can also

create other symptoms like fatigue

lethargy dizziness they look pale

irritable craving ice or even dirt and

delayed growth because iron is involved

in so many different chemical pathways

and enzymes you can have a lot of

different symptoms now the question is

why would they be deficient okay so

either they’re not consuming the food

that has iron or the consuming foods

that block iron it also could be a

digestive problem that won’t let them

simulate iron like let’s say they have

IBS or Crohn’s to absorb minerals and if

a child has been on anti acids

chances are they don’t have enough acid

and that alone is a big clue that they

need to acidify the stomach also if

they’ve been on a lot of antibiotics

that can also block the absorption of

iron but a real common reason why

children are deficient iron has to do

with the grains that they consume even

if it’s whole grains because the bran in

the grain including the grains have

something called phytates

okay phytates are a chemical compound in

grains and other foods that bind the

iron making it really hard to absorb

that trace mineral and there are two

types of iron you have heme iron which

is absorbable iron from animal products

and you have non heme iron from plants

and legumes and other things and so if

the child is not consuming enough animal

products I’m talking about read me or a

chicken or turkey over pork and that

could be the reason why they’re

deficient in iron because these animal

products have the type of iron that is

very easy to absorb in the body so what

you need to do is get them not to

consume grains okay get them to consume

some red meat liver if they don’t like

liver they can do liver pills make sure

it’s grass-fed

food clams octopus mussels oyster all

have a good amount of iron you can even

get Easter’s in a supplement okay

but what you don’t want to do is you

don’t want to have them take an iron

supplement from a drugstore because

that’s not the type of iron you need you

always want to do food base iron or a

food based complex okay or actually just

the food and yes it’s true that iron is

in spinach and vegetables but it’s more

difficult to absorb so if they have this

symptom you want to do these right here

you do want them to consume vegetables

and salads because that will give them

the vitamin C and other nutrients too

because when someone has an iron

deficiency

they usually have other deficiencies and

the other thing about vitamin C is that

vitamin C will help the absorption of

iron alright thanks for watching I just

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