If you take that idea to heart and read the nutrition labels on your cereal as you shop the breakfast aisle, you may have noticed there's a surprising ingredient in your morning bowl: iron.

Iron-enriched cereals provide a good source of iron, but you will need to give a vitamin C rich food such as kiwi fruit or a glass of orange juice at the same time in order to boost iron absorption.

Children may eat ham or turkey slices if they won't eat other meats. Other good iron sources are iron-enriched cereals and beans of all types. Egg yolks and peanut butter are iron-rich. Other good ...

Total breakfast cereal is poured into a beaker ... Carefully remove the stir bar with a pair of tongs and show the students the iron filings collected on it.