In a message dated 10/28/03 10:39:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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> >My wife exclusively breast fed our five children for nine months and they
> >tested normal for iron during that time. By this age our children began to
> show
> >their own interest in what we were eating.
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> Tom Bridgeland recently stated that access to dirt during infancy is
> essential to prevent iron deficiency. It is hard for me to believe since I
> like to think that mothers milk is natures perfect food for babies if the
> mother is eating correct.
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> What about your children, Paul, did they eat dirt? (I hope not.)
>
> Fredrik
>

Fredrik

This was long before we knew anything about the Paleodiet, so we were eating
the SAD diet and the children had no access to dirt at this age.

Paul