List of Blood Increasing Foods, Can Prevent Anemia

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Without realizing it, people lack red blood cells, which triggers it anemia. The following are recommendations for blood-boosting foods to prevent this condition.

Anemia is a condition where there is a lack of healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin (Hb) to transport oxygen to body tissues. Anemia often causes no symptoms. However, when symptoms appear, this means the anemia is getting worse.

Symptoms of anemia include fatigue, body weakness, shortness of breath, pale or slightly yellow skin, irregular heartbeat, dizziness, chest pain, cold hands or feet, and headaches.

Blood enhancing foods

Experiencing these symptoms? Be careful, you could be anemic. People are also advised to consume blood-boosting foods or foods with nutrients that help the production of red blood cells. Anything?

1. Beef liver

Iron is needed to produce red blood cells. Animal organs including the liver, kidneys, brain and heart are all high in iron.

Launching from Healthlineone serving of beef liver (around 100 g) contains 6.5 mg of iron or 36 percent of the daily requirement.

Apart from beef liver and other animal products, iron can also be obtained from vegetable products such as tofu, lentils, spinach and pumpkin seeds.

2. Green vegetables

Not only do you need to focus on iron, you also need to increase your intake of folic acid which is useful for the formation of red blood cells.

Green vegetables include blood-boosting foods such as spinach, kale, or mustard greens. Reporting from Health, around 30 g of spinach can provide 58 micrograms of folate intake or 15 percent of the daily requirement.

Folic acid can also be found in papaya, citrus fruits, walnuts and red beans.

3. Dairy products

Vitamin B12 deficiency is associated with anemia. Therefore, increase your intake of vitamin B12 by consuming dairy products, red meat, fish and shellfish, and poultry products.

Quoting from WebMD, dairy products are high in vitamin B12. A glass of low-fat milk, for example, contains 1.2 micrograms of vitamin B12. Then low-fat yogurt contains 1.2 micrograms in a 226 g serving.

4. Shells

Copper intake does not directly support red blood cell production but can help red blood cells access iron to reproduce.

Foods high in copper include shellfish, liver and other organ meats, whole wheat products, chocolate, whole grain cereals, nuts and seeds.

5. Tomatoes

Tomatoes are one of the recommended blood-boosting foods. The vitamin A content in tomatoes helps iron reach red blood cells.

100 g of tomatoes can provide 489 IU of vitamin A. Vitamin A is also found in fish, eggs, liver, dairy products, green vegetables, orange and yellow vegetables.

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