Table of Contents
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Causes
- Risk Factors
- Complications
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Dietary Factors
- Treatment
- Resources
- References
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- Folate is found in avocado, bananas, orange juice, cold cereal, asparagus, fruits, green, leafy vegetables, dried beans and peas, and yeast. The synthetic form, folic acid, is now added to commercial grain products. Vitamins are usually made from folic acid, which is about twice as potent as folate. The recommended daily amount of folic acid or folate for teenagers and adults is 400 mcg. Women who are pregnant need 600 mcg per day and women who are breastfeeding need 500 mcg daily.
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Recommended Daily Allowance for Iron
The Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of iron for people who are not iron deficient varies by age group and other risk factors. (Iron supplements are rarely recommended in people without evidence of iron deficiency or anemia.) The RDA for iron intake is:
- Infants 0 - 6 months: 0.27 mg
- Infants 7 - 12 months: 11 mg
- Children 1 - 3 years old: 7 mg
- Children 4 - 8 years old: 10 mg
- Children 9 -13 years old: 8 mg
- Teenage boys (14 - 18 years): 11 mg
- Teenage girls (14 - 18 years): 15 mg
- Men 19 - 50 years old: 8 mg
- Women 19 - 50 years old: 18 mg
- Pregnant women: 27 mg
- Older men and women (over age 50): 8 mg
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Anemia Treatment
Review Date: 01/13/2011
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M.,
Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
