Diet plan for anemia best meals and foods for boosting iron

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Diet Plan for Anemia
Best Meals and Foods for boosting iron

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Diet Chart for Anemia

• A well-balanced diet or healthy diet plan for
  Anemia containing a good amount of iron-rich
  foods can be helpful to control anemia. Your
  body can make enough hemoglobin only when your
  body has a good amount of iron. The deficiency
  of iron in your body can become a serious problem
  because it is the hemoglobin present in the red
  blood cells that take oxygen from the heart to
  different body tissues. It is estimated that
  about 50 of pregnant women, 20 of women, and 3
  of men have insufficient iron in their bodies.

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Fruits Vegetables

• Dark leafy greens like spinach contain a huge
  amount of non-heme-iron while citrus fruits that
  are rich in Vitamin C help the stomach to absorb
  iron. Furthermore, Swiss chard and Collard greens
  are highly rich in both Vitamin C and iron.
• Vegetables Curly kale and other varieties,
  Collard greens, Swiss chard, Red and yellow
  peppers, Spinach, Sweet potatoes, Beet greens,
  Watercress, and Dandelion greens, etc
• Fruits Pomegranates, Oranges, Strawberries,
  Lemon, and Key lime, etc.

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Nuts and Seeds

• Nuts and seeds are considered foods that contain
  a high nutrient value. Studies report that one
  ounce of pistachios provides 6.1 of the required
  iron value in a person.
• Cashews, Sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, pine
  nuts, walnuts, almonds, peanuts, hazelnuts, hemp
  seeds, pistachios, etc.

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Meat and Fish

• Meat and fish contain heme iron while the chicken
  is highly rich in heme protein. For an anemia
  patient, a meal of a few ounces of grilled
  chicken with broccoli, sautéed spinach, and
  tomatoes can provide an adequate amount of iron.
• Lamb, Liver, Oysters, Salmon, Perch, Beef,
  Venison, Shellfish, Shrimp, Tuna, Halibut,
  Haddock, Chicken, etc.

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Eggs

• Eggs are not only rich in proteins but they
  contain sufficient amount of iron as well. A
  breakfast of eggs with toast, and roasted
  tomatoes can give you a better start of the day.

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Beans and Pulses

• Consuming iron-fortified cereals, bread products,
  pasta can be good for anemia patients. For anemia
  patients, lentils are considered a superfood and
  half a cup of lentils can provide you about 20
  of iron of your body requirement. Beans and
  pulses like Chickpeas, black-eyed peas, black
  beans, lima beans, kidney beans, soybeans are
  provided a good amount of iron to both
  vegetarians and non-vegetarians.

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Fortified Food

• Foods fortified with iron can be highly helpful
  for anemia patients. Adding food items to your
  diets like fortified cereals, fortified pasta,
  fortified white rice, fortified orange juice,
  foods made from fortified white flour, and foods
  made from fortified cornmeal can provide a
  sufficient amount of iron to your body.

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Grains

• Grains are a good source of iron for your body.
  However, there are certain other natural products
  like quinoa, oats, whole wheat, Kamut, Teff, etc
  which are not only rich in hemoglobin but can
  increase the hemoglobin level in your blood.

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Diet Plan for Anemia

• Anemia is a grave problem that affects most
  pregnant women and children throughout the world.
  About 42 of children below 5 years and 40 of
  pregnant women are globally anemic. People
  suffering from anemia can benefit from adding
  iron to their diet. Moreover, the Diet Chart for
  Anemia listed above can be very helpful to manage
  anemia.