What is the cause of iron deficiency anemia?
1. Red blood cells in blood loss contain iron, so if you lose blood, you will lose some iron.
2. Dietary iron deficiency Generally speaking, we will get iron from our daily diet. If your diet is not balanced, the iron content in your food is seriously insufficient.
Adverse effects of iron deficiency on health;
1. Being tired all the time is one of the most common symptoms of iron deficiency. When the body does not have enough hemoglobin, the oxygen delivered to the body will be reduced, thus depriving the body of energy. Therefore, the heart must work harder to deliver more oxygen-enriched blood to all parts of the body, thus making people feel more tired.
2. Iron that affects the body's metabolism is also a coenzyme of many enzymes in the body. If iron is deficient, it will not only cause anemia, but also affect the metabolic process in the body, hinder the normal function of tissues and cells and endanger the whole body. For example, the digestive system is affected and the gastrointestinal digestion and absorption function is weakened.
How to treat iron deficiency anemia: diet conditioning
Foods rich in iron: animal liver, chicken blood, duck blood, meat, fish, auricularia auricula, kelp, laver, lotus seeds, bean products, shrimp skin, etc. ?
These foods rich in iron are generally rich in protein, and protein is the raw material of red blood cell hematopoiesis, so people should eat more foods rich in protein in the process of supplementing blood and iron.
Recipe: medlar jujube porridge materials: medlar, jujube, rice. Practice: Wash these three raw materials with clear water, then put them in a pot, add appropriate amount of water, and make porridge. Under normal circumstances, people with anemia take it 3-4 times a day for 30 days. Efficacy: This dietotherapy prescription can obviously improve anemia symptoms, and can also nourish yin and replenish qi.