Many people complain that they have low hemoglobin levels. How to increase hemoglobin?
This disease is called anemia, or anemia. With a low level of hemoglobin, the ability of the blood to carry oxygen decreases. This leads to a decrease in metabolic processes in the body, as well as physical endurance. With anemia, the heartbeat becomes more frequent, immunity decreases, heart murmur and symptoms of general weakness appear. The main function of iron is the transfer of oxygen through the blood, as well as its delivery to all human organs. Enzymes that contain iron are involved in maintaining immunity, synthesize thyroid hormones. A lack of this element in the body can lead to anemia, or anemia.
Low hemoglobin in the blood most often occurs as a result of conditions or ailments that cause poor absorption of iron. These can be chronic infectious diseases, malnutrition, previous jaundice, inflammatory processes, the period after surgery. Hidden chronic bleeding, which is caused by various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (gastritis, ulcers, diverticulums of the esophagus, chronic hemorrhoids), also leads to anemia. Women who have a menstrual cycle are also at risk; pregnant women; women with endometriosis; adolescents, since puberty in adolescents consumes a lot of iron; men who engage in heavy physical exercises; blood donors; aged people; vegetarians, since iron is absorbed much less from plant foods than from meat products.
The most characteristic sign of iron deficiency in the body is constantly cold extremities - legs and arms, increased sensitivity to cold, very frequent and prolonged colds. Dry skin, pallor of the integument, the appearance of cracks in the corners of the mouth, and difficulty swallowing liquid and solid foods can speak of anemia.
How can I increase hemoglobin? First of all, you need to pay special attention to the diet. In the diet you must constantly consider the following:
- With a lack of hemoglobin, water will be able to increase it, it should be consumed regularly;
- Products that contain a sufficient amount of iron: yolk, fish, brown bread, oatmeal, soy, legumes, salad, dill, parsley, apples, peaches. All of these products help hemoglobin increase and strengthen the thyroid gland.
- Foods that contain vitamin C: fruits and vegetables. Vitamin C helps the body absorb iron better. And in fact, this will cause an increase in hemoglobin.
- Healing plants. For example, buckwheat flowers, they need to be brewed as tea. A good tool for raising hemoglobin are the leaves, roots and stems of dandelion, in the form of juice, infusion.
If hemoglobin elevation is required, you can turn to both traditional and traditional medicine. Today, hemoglobin is quite easy to increase. There are many recipes that cause hemoglobin elevation and are useful for both adults and children. Here is one of these recipes: drink one glass of rosehip infusion on an empty stomach in the morning, add lemon juice, one teaspoon of honey to it. Children drink half a glass, and adults - 1 glass. Porridge is boiled in water, add oil, parsley and other herbs, dried or fresh, to them. But cereals should be sugar free. Include millet and buckwheat in the menu more often. To diversify cereals, you can add raisins, pumpkin to them. You can make a very healthy juice: take 270 grams of carrot juice and add 30 grams of fennel juice to it. Doctors say that the treatment and prevention of anemia can be carried out using a special therapeutic diet. A person needs to receive from 15 to 30 milligrams of iron from food per day. Most of all, this important element contains beef and pork liver, turkey and rabbit meat, beef tongue, oat and buckwheat, peaches, blueberries, pomegranates.
You can also increase hemoglobin with the help of medications, but this is done only as directed by the doctor.