Dietary iron intake in the first 4 months of infancy and the development of type 1 diabetes: a pilot study

Table 1 The amount of iron intake that a normal term infant receiving the recommend daily allowance (RDA) of formula or breast milk would receive in the United States.*

Month	RDA milk (oz/day)	Iron, mg/day			Vitamin with iron (10 mg/serving)
		High-iron formula	Low-iron formula	Breast milk
First month	23	8.28	3.22	0.345	300
Second month	29	10.44	4.06	0.435	300
Third month	29	10.44	4.06	0.435	300
Fourth month	30	10.8	4.2	0.45	300

* Breast milk has 0.5 mg/L of iron, equivalent to 0.074 mg in 5 oz [35]. High iron formula has 1.8 mg/5 oz of formula and low iron formula has 0.7 mg/5 oz of formula.

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