Hmm......What is Anemia. Anemia is characterized as lack of Iron.
Without enough iron in the body, it cannot produce hemoglobin properly. And Hemoglobin
is a substance in our red blood cell that carries oxygen to our body tissue.
Anemic is a person diagnosed that does
not have enough iron in their blood. And I'm one.. because of enduring over
work and lack of sleep.
And being Anemic I eat some Iron rich
foods that can be found easily in Phil. market. Though no food in itself contains enough iron to treat iron deficiency
Anemia. However, foods can help maintain our health and aid supplementation.
Iron rich foods have two types, the Heme
and non-Heme.
Heme iron can be found mostly in animal
sources and is easily absorbed.
Ex: Pork Liver , Chicken Liver , Beef , Sardines
, Shrimp , Oysters , Mussels,
Clams
While the non-Heme is found mostly in
vegetables and harder to digest .
Like Enriched pastas , Oatmeal , Peanut
butter , Green leafy veggies , Broccoli
, Potatoes ,Tomatoes , Asparagus , Ampalaya , Carrots , Watermelon , Bananas , Lemons
, Grapes , Apples , Honey
(4 pcs. of photos in my collage lifted in Google—thanks
for sharing)
But if you take non-heme iron foods with
vitamin c rich foods at the same time the absorption increases.
Non-heme iron food is dramatically increased too when combined
with heme iron sources in the same meal.
But some foods slow the absorption rate
of iron in our system. So avoid taking
this foods too much…
Soft drinks , Coffee , Tea , Dairy
product , Ice cream , candy bars , Soy , Red Wine or beer.
Coffee
contains polyphenols and tea contains tannins, both of which render any iron found in food
unusable.
Now I'm recovering and gaining weight again (the part that I don't like much :)) Double job no more.
