Red meat is essential for the child to grow up healthy?

"Yes, it is an important source of protein, fat, iron and zinc," confirms the medical Roseli Sarni, chairman of the science department of Nutrition at the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics. Against anemia, she is unbeatable. Is packed so-called heme iron, iron or organic, which is much better utilized by the body than the mineral present in the vegetables. According to the expert, anemia affects over 40% of children in preschool in Brazil. Therefore red meat should be eaten at least three times a week, preferably together with a source of vitamin C, such as oranges, to increase iron absorption. The chicken and fish are good substitutes, but let me tell you, do not contain the same concentration of such iron-heme.