What is Anemia?
Anemia is a very well known, yet destructive disorder fund mostly in children and women, specifically young girls. Blood is made up of red blood cells which carry oxygen throughout the body, the key which helps red blood cells carrying oxygen to the whole body is haemoglobin, the protein.Anemia’s main cause is due to iron deficiency. Because, iron helps haemoglobin to carry oxygen and without iron red blood cells can’t do their work. Anemia can be of many causes but some of them can be really destructive.
Treatment
Treatment can mostly be done by injections, supplements but why choose these dangerous treatments when winter bring us gifts. Let’s get to know the fruits and vegetables which can wipe this deficiency from your life! Here is a list of some useful products that help treat anemia.
Beans and pulses
They are an easy approach for most people. All pulses and beans such as red beans, kidney beans etc are full of protein and iron. One should must have an intake of beans in their daily routine and can avoid anemia.
Green leafy vegetables
Green leafy vegetable, mostly children are not very fond of leafy things but when it comes to their benefit they are amazing. It treats haemolytic anemic, which literally means destruction of your red blood cells before they are even mature to carry oxygen. This disease is common in children yet rare and though causes are still not known but mostly can happen due to iron deficiency and weak immune system. Green leafy vegetables not only are good for treating anemia but also is rich in folate, also known as vitamin B9, which helps in production of red blood cells and help them maturing and vitamin k.
Dried fruits
Dried fruits, nuts are a good source of healthy fat such as linoleic or linolenic acid also known as omega six fatty acid. They helps in production of central nervous system during the fetus development but also helps in managing anemia. They don’t directly help treating it but weakens the symptoms and helps with pains and severe anemia. Consumption in winters are very high, such as almond, raisin etc.
Beef and chicken
Meat, mutton, chicken etc are the best and rich source for protein as well as iron. Liver meat is the richest source of iron and can treat anemia well. People suffering from anemia or not should must consume meat or chicken as their daily source of energy. Just like meat and chicken fishes also contain iron, protein and fatty acids such as omega six. Considering they are high in protein but low in fats, people with health concerns or cardiovascular diseases can eat it too.
Pomegranate
This beautiful and blood red fruit with the structure of small arils joined with each other gives the best flavour and mimic the rec blood cells in body which makes it a nature’s call to us to eat them and make blood. Pomegranate is rich in iron and though just eating anything can really help but if we give it a support to absorb in our body immediately it does magic to the body. Eating pomegranate arils with beetroot excels the absorption and if you are consuming juice of pomegranate do add beetroot juice or carrot juice which is rich in Vitamin C and it works like a car for iron to reach the destination faster.
Yogurt
Being a good source of iron doesn’t makes it a good source to eat but its other benefits too. Yogurt has many probiotics which helps with the gut health, gas production and good bacteria to digest food quickly.
Additional tips
Though all the products above are found easily and at low cost in winters there are some things which can never be ignored. Water, staying hydrated and providing body enough water to regulate functions is important. Dry skin, hair loss can be more than half prevented if water intake is good. Second and most important thing in winters to eat with any source rich in iron is making sure to must take vitamin C with it. Oranges, lemons, beetroot, carrots and many are the best source of vitamin C and mixing them while eating or drinking iron rich source can enhance the absorption. What must to avoid is intake of Calcium immediately after iron rich food consumption. Calcium adhere the absorption of iron, binding with it and excreting it out with itself. This can lead to no benefits even after eating iron rich food. So, after eating anything iron rich, make sure to pause 3,4 hours before eating or drinking calcium rich sources such as milk, sesame seed etc.
