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A nice cold glass of milk is a daily staple for many Atlantic Canadian families, including Jodi MacEachern’s three teenage sons.Related stories
But while the nutritional value of milk and dairy has been drilled into our consciousness for decades, it’s also true there is a point where it can be too much of a good thing, especially for younger children.Lyndsey Pond of Dartmouth recalled always being “crazy” about milk, especially when she was pregnant. “I would drink gallons of milk a day,” she said.
She read various articles online which mention the risk to toddlers drinking too much dairy. While Pond didn’t say which articles she read, the Canadian Paediatric Society says high cow’s milk intake is one risk factor for iron deficiency among children two and younger. Burke said her son lost 12 pounds in the space of three weeks as a result of losing his appetite. “The paediatrician told me when the iron gets really low, everything starts to taste like chalk. That’s why he wouldn’t eat anything else, because it was disgusting anyway.”
That food includes more red meat and green leafy foods, as well as cooking more often on a cast iron pan, which infuses even more iron into the food. “ is picky, and parents get worried,” she said. “ ‘if they don’t eat anything, at least they have milk’, but it makes them full enough that their appetite is poor.”
She pointed out other conditions such as hyponatremia, a deadly condition caused by drinking too much water, and too much of many multivitamins and minerals can reach toxic levels and cause harm to various parts of one’s body.
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