Posts Tagged ‘anemia’

Diet to Strengthen Your Defenses

Stress, sleep deprivation, lack of exercise and poor diet are some factors that can weaken your immune system. If you want to strengthen your defenses and prevent infection, these tips will be helpful.

The diet to strengthen your defenses must include daily foods containing the following vitamins:

Vitamin A plays an important role for infection and maintenance of the mucous membranes of the body. This vitamin is found in carrots, spinach, parsley, butter, potatoes, soybean oil, tuna and bonito fresh and frozen, cheese and eggs. Read the rest of this entry »

Diet to Combat Anemia

The anemia is caused by decreased red blood cell in blood. It can happen for two reasons: iron deficiency or lack of folic acid (a B vitamin).

The first is known as iron deficiency anemia and may be motivated by the non-iron absorption in the digestive tract, chronic blood loss or the absence of this mineral in the diet, which is usually the most common cause.

The anemia due to folic acid or folate is called megaloblastic or pernicious anemia. Read the rest of this entry »

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