Nutrition

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  • Serve your child at least three meals a day. 
    A child with an empty stomach absorbs more lead. Children who have poor appetites, or who do not eat regularly, have a higher risk of becoming lead poisoned.
  • Serve your child healthy snacks. Healthy Snacks:
    • Apple slices
    • Broccoli
    • Carrot sticks
    • Celery sticks
    • Cheese cubes
    • Cottage cheese
    • Dry oat cereal rings
    • Graham crackers
    • Melon cubes
    • Muffins
    • Orange sections
    • Saltine crackers
    • Yogurt
    • Zucchini
  • Serve your child food that are high in Vitamin C. Vitamin C Sources:
    • Broccoli
    • Cantaloupe
    • Grapefruit
    • Orange
    • Orange juice
    • Peppers (green, red, chili)
    • Potatoes
    • Strawberries
    • Tomato
  • Serve your child foods that are high in calcium and iron. Iron helps stop the lead from being absorbed into the body. Iron sources:
    • Beef
    • Broccoli
    • Brown rice
    • Chicken
    • Cornmeal
    • Dried apricots
    • Dried beans
    • Dried peaches
    • Dried peas
    • Fish
    • Greens
    • Iron‑fortified cereal
    • Oat or wheat bran enriched bread
    • Oatmeal
    • Pork
    • Potatoes
    • Prune juice
    • Sardines
    • Soybeans
    • Whole wheat bread
  • Calcium also helps prevent lead from being absorbed into the body.
    • Broccoli
    • Calcium‑fortified orange juice
    • Cheese
    • Collard greens
    • Cottage cheese
    • Greens
    • Ice cream
    • Milk
    • Milk‑based soup
    • Mustard greens
    • Pudding
    • Salmon with bones
    • Sardines with bones
    • Sesame seeds
    • Tofu (firm, fortified)