Doctors told which diet can lead to anemia

Decem­ber 15, 2017, 23:40

With low-calo­rie diets and fast­ing, iron defi­cien­cy quick­ly devel­ops, which can lead to ane­mia. Young girls who are nurs­ing moth­ers are at risk, sci­en­tists warn.

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In the body of an adult, there is not much iron trace ele­ment — only 3.5–4.5 grams. Every day a per­son los­es up to 2 mg of iron, and women dur­ing men­stru­a­tion — up to 25–30 mg per day. To main­tain the opti­mal lev­el, it is nec­es­sary to receive 15–20 mg of iron per day, and only 10–20% of this amount can be absorbed by the body with food.

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Where and who can have iron defi­cien­cy? It quick­ly occurs with debil­i­tat­ing diets. As a result, ane­mia devel­ops. Be care­ful if you have such symp­toms on the back­ground of the diet: heart pal­pi­ta­tions, dizzi­ness, irri­tabil­i­ty, drowsi­ness, short­ness of breath. Par­tic­u­lar­ly sus­cep­ti­ble to ane­mia are ado­les­cents dur­ing inten­sive growth, young and breast­feed­ing women (due to men­stru­a­tion), and the elder­ly.

Every day a per­son los­es up to 2 mg of iron, and women dur­ing men­stru­a­tion — up to 25–30 mg per day

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If you are on low-calo­rie diets — espe­cial­ly now, in the spring, then eat right! Your diet should include foods rich in iron. Most of this microele­ment is in the liv­er and offal. Also a source of iron is beef, rab­bit meat, horse meat and lamb. It is found in beans and cere­als. From fruits, this min­er­al is wide­ly rep­re­sent­ed in pears, apples and figs.

Be care­ful if you have the fol­low­ing symp­toms on the back­ground of the diet: pal­pi­ta­tions, dizzi­ness, irri­tabil­i­ty, drowsi­ness, short­ness of breath

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Also, diets can lead to a defi­cien­cy of vit­a­mins B12 and B6 (cobal­amin and folic acid). The lack of these vit­a­mins is anoth­er cause of ane­mia, which is char­ac­ter­ized by an increase in the size of red blood cells (mega­loblasts).

Vit­a­min B12 defi­cien­cy devel­ops rather slow­ly. This is typ­i­cal even for veg­e­tar­i­ans, in whom this vit­a­min is almost com­plete­ly exclud­ed.

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Stocks of cobal­amin are quite high, its defi­cien­cy devel­ops very slow­ly. B12 is found in red meat, boiled pork and sausages, salmon and sar­dines, shrimp and cray­fish — in gen­er­al, in almost all fish and meat diets.

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Also, diets can lead to a defi­cien­cy of vit­a­mins B12 and B6. The lack of these vit­a­mins is anoth­er cause of ane­mia, which is char­ac­ter­ized by an increase in the size of red blood cells.

But the lev­el of folic acid can decrease sig­nif­i­cant­ly with­in a week, and in a month its defi­cien­cy will already appear. To replen­ish folic acid, click on eggs and beans, tuna and salmon, indulge in chick­en and ham. B6 is also found in cab­bage, toma­toes, and cheese.

The lack of these vit­a­mins usu­al­ly leads to depres­sion, ane­mia, con­stant fatigue and ner­vous­ness.

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Author: Life­hack­er

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