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The Lucky Iron Fish is a unique kitchen tool, a piece of iron carved in the shape of a fish that you cook with for 10 minutes to release a significant amount of iron. This product is safe for babies age 7 months+ to use and in this episode I’m interviewing the founder and CEO of Lucky Iron Fish Gavin Armstrong, PhD to learn more!

If you’ve ever worried about your baby getting enough iron, or if babies who do baby-led weaning can meet their iron needs, you’re going to love what Gavin has to say. The Lucky Iron Fish is easy to use, it’s proven safe and effective and this company and product are working to reverse the devastating effects and global impact of iron deficiency.

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In this episode, I’m interviewing Lucky Iron Fish Founder and CEO Gavin Armstrong, PhD about his unique and revolutionary product that’s helping to combat iron deficiency. We’re talking about:

• How the concept of the Lucky Iron Fish evolved out of Armstrong’s research time spent in Cambodia and how it’s helping communities around the world alleviate the impact of iron deficiency.

• How to use the Lucky Iron Fish when cooking foods and recipes for your baby to help increase the amount of iron in their weaning diets.

• The impact of iron deficiency and how a few dietary tweaks can help increase the amount of iron release from foods and iron absorption in your baby’s body.
  

LINKS from episode

• Learn more about Founder & CEO Gavin Armstrong on his Webpage and Linkedin

• Additional information about the clinical research related to the Lucky Iron Fish

• Check out the Lucky Iron Fish on their website - they ship to over 88 countries!

• Follow Lucky Iron Fish on IG, Facebook, and Twitter

• Sign up for the 100 First Foods Field Guide waitlist here!
  

RESEARCH links from episode

• Armstrong, G. R., Dewey, C. E., & Summerlee, A. J. (2017). Iron release from the Lucky Iron Fish:safety considerations. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 26(1), 148–155.

• Charles, C. V., Dewey, C. E., Daniell, W. E., & Summerlee, A. J. S. (2011). Iron-deficiency anemia in rural Cambodia: community trial of a novel iron supplementation technique. European Journal of Public Health, 21(1), 43–48.

• Charles C.V., Dewey C.E., Hall A, Hak C, Channary S, et al. (2015) A Randomized Control Trial Using a Fish-Shaped Iron Ingot for the Amelioration of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Rural Cambodian Women. Trop Med Surg 3: 195. doi:10.4172/2329-9088.1000195

• Christopher, C.V., Alastair J. S., S., & Cate E., D. (2011). Iron content of Cambodian foods when prepared in cooking pots containing an iron ingot. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 16(12), 1518–1524.

• Gavin R Armstrong and Alastair JS Summerlee (2014) The Etiology, Treatment and Effective Prevention of Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia in Women and Young Children Worldwide: A Review. J Women’s Health Care 4: 213. doi: 10.4172/2167-0420.1000213

• NCHADS - Ministry of Health of Cambodia, & University of Guelph. (n.d.). Lucky Iron Fish Home Fortification of Iron.

• Rappaport, A. I., Whitfield, K. C., Chapman, G. E., Yada, R. Y., Kheang, K. M., Louise, J., Summerlee, A.J., Armstrong, G. R., & Green, T. J. (2017). Randomized controlled trial assessing the efficacy of a reusable fish-shaped iron ingot to increase hemoglobin concentration in anemic, rural Cambodian women. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 106(2), 667–674.

• Rodriguez-Ramiro, I., Perfecto, A., & Fairweather-Tait, S. J. (2017). Dietary Factors Modulate Iron Uptake in Caco-2 Cells from an Iron Ingot Used as a Home Fortificant to Prevent Iron Deficiency. Nutrients, 9(9), 1005.

  
  
  

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