How to increase hemoglobin is not an idle question. Although it is more often asked by people who already know why hemoglobin in the blood is needed by the body and what happens if low hemoglobin is diagnosed. The function of hemoglobin protein is to read those who are not familiar with them.

In life we ​​often face a decrease in hemoglobin through external manifestation. Suddenly we find that cracks have appeared in the corners of the mouth. Or suddenly noticed that the hair began to grow slowly. And break and thinned. These are the signs that we can pay attention to.

But there are signs that we perceive as just working moments of life. And the reason is in fact again lies in the departure from the norm of hemoglobin.

  Symptoms that should be addressed include the following:

• ease of developing viral diseases;
• unreasonable lowering of arterial pressure;
• severe dizziness with short-term loss of consciousness with abrupt rising
• tachycardia with no logical cause

These symptoms are important. Of course, they can talk not only about low hemoglobin in the blood, but such manifestations, especially if they did not appear once, give reason to visit a therapist. Naturally, the therapist will write out a referral for a complete blood count, which will give a picture of what is happening.

Pay attention also to the “simple” symptoms, which can be ignored:

• pale skin
• frequent headaches with concomitant dizziness
• reduced appetite
• manifestations of weakness, lethargy and fatigue
• increased sleepiness
• unreasonable memory problems
• possible manifestation of cramps in the legs

These symptoms are more like "household", which no one pays attention to in the confusion. However, the regular manifestation of the manifestations described should not be overlooked if you want to maintain your health for a long time.

The human body is a complex system in which all processes are regulated. The described symptoms do not appear suddenly. Small changes that develop gradually may eventually be perceived as normal.

Attention!   Reduced hemoglobin in the blood, if it is not normalized, can gradually produce even irreversible changes in the body. This final is terrible.

Note that with a decrease in the level of hemoglobin in the blood, the first and foremost blow falls on the brain, as the most important consumer of oxygen. Secondarily, the nervous and the immune systems. And these are the most important components of the body.

What is anemia

  If the results general analysis  the blood that you donated in the direction of the therapist really showed low hemoglobin, you need to understand that you have been diagnosed with anemia. Yes, this is exactly what used to be called the condition, which is currently referred to as anemia.

Why is the condition, not the disease? In the medical community for reduced hemoglobin is considered to be a set of symptoms, which ultimately is understood as a syndrome. The syndrome is just a complex of interconnected signs (symptoms).

This is bad? Yes, because there is a disease behind each syndrome. Behind anemia, there may simply be iron deficiency or bleeding. Although sometimes there is a hereditary reason. But most often for anemia is characterized by iron deficiency. It is important to identify the cause in order to understand how to raise hemoglobin to normal.

In fact, anemia has its own classification, in which iron deficiency anemia has the most common statistics.

Causes of low hemoglobin in the blood

Reduced hemoglobin can be counted as a problem situation only if the decrease is not a daily change. That is, if the recorded decrease will be observed within a few days. The best way out in this situation would be to contact a specialized doctor - this is a hematologist. A comprehensive examination, prescribed by a hematologist, will show the cause of the resulting decrease.

The main reasons for declining levels that are not related to sex differences include the following:

• iron deficiency involved in oxygen transport in the body
• acute hemorrhoids
• deterioration of food quality
• vitamin B12 deficiency
• severe bleeding during operations (especially abdominal)
• blood disorders (eg, leukemia)
• violation of the process of iron absorption in the intestines.

It is believed that the iron deficiency can develop the following diseases that have already been diagnosed:

1. Diseases of the digestive tract, in which chronic blood loss is observed:
   • a stomach ulcer and a duodenal ulcer;
   • ulcerative colitis;
   • hemorrhoids;
   • diverticulosis;
   • oncological neoplasms.
2. Liver disease, most often cirrhosis.
3. Kidney disease:
   • urolithiasis disease;
   • alcohol nephropathy;
   • kidney cancer.
4. Worm invasions.
5. Severe infectious diseases.

In the presence of these diagnoses should pay special attention to the issue of bringing hemoglobin to normal.

Low hemoglobin in women

The female body has additional reasons:

• heavy periods
• childbirth, abortion, accompanied by a large loss of blood
• uterine bleeding
• weight loss diets

It should also take into account diseases of the reproductive system, which add low hemoglobin in the history of the disease:

• ovarian dysfunction;
• endometriosis;
• uterine fibroids;
• cancer of the cervix, as well as the body of the uterus.

How to increase hemoglobin in the blood quickly

Important.   The longer the reduced hemoglobin is maintained, the more difficult it will be to restore health and get rid of diseases.

To effectively bring hemoglobin to normal, you must understand some subtleties. Of course, the most natural way is to adjust the nutrition. In many sources of information you will be convinced that it is enough to include iron-containing foods in your diet. However, things are not so simple.

First of all, you need to know that in the products that are proposed to be included in the menu, there is a so-called heme and non-heme iron. Without going into chemical subtleties, we note that heme iron is absorbed easily and quickly enough, but with non-heme is not all simple - it must first be transferred to heme iron and after that it will be absorbed.

Have you ever wondered why often use the formulation “balanced” food? But precisely because of the impact of some products on others (or rather constituent products). For example, non-heme iron is translated into heme, that is, easily digestible in the presence of vitamin C (universal vitamin, saving, for example, from scurvy). This vitamin in a decent amount can be found, for example, in a mixture of beetroot and carrot juice, which can drink down the traditional food for your table. Orange or grapefruit juices are also good.

And fresh greens to the table? Apart from the fact that it itself is a carrier of vitamins, but it is the substances in the green that help in the processing of the main protein food. This must be taken into account.

Let us return to the rapid increase in hemoglobin. Use meat in the diet. It is in its composition contains heme iron. However, not everything is simple here.

Important!   In order for the assimilation of iron to be fast and as complete as possible (in this case, 20 to 30 percent absorption will be considered a good result), the meat should be cooked with minimal heat treatment so that the iron remains in the maximum amount.

For the preservation of iron, you can cook meat in the form of kebab or chop, but not meatballs or goulash.

In fairness, we note that not all people can eat a lot of kebabs, and even every day until the norm is restored. And where is the way out? You can turn to traditional medicine, such as nettles, parsley and dill, which can help.

Yes, the usual large-leaved stinging nettle is known for a very long time by its composition. It was nettle that was used for centuries by healers to treat anemia. And in the nettle season may well be a substitute for synthetic drugs  gland. It is important to use freshly harvested leaves and trunks of young nettle, which must be collected before flowering.

Wash the collected nettles, squeeze out the juice, strain it and take it three times a day in a tablespoon. Juice is not tasty, so you can add a little honey. Cooked portion of juice for several days will remain in the refrigerator.

Parsley and dill can now be found in the store year round. So in a hundred grams of parsley contains 5 mg of iron, and in a hundred grams of dill is 7 mg. There are stories when long-term treatment for anemia (anemia) did not give a result, and the transition to daily consumption of a bunch of greens for several weeks resulted in hemoglobin content to normal.

Nutrition rules to increase hemoglobin

  A rapid increase in hemoglobin should not become the norm in the diet. At any age, you need to strive for a variety of nutrition, but in the matter of maintaining the hemoglobin rate there are subtleties. It is especially important to understand (or at least know) the interaction of products consumed simultaneously. Since we consider iron-containing products, we also consider the interaction with respect to these particular products.

Important.   There are foods that can help the body absorb iron (these are iron synergists), and there are foods that will interfere with absorption (these are antagonists).

The synergists include the above-mentioned juices (orange and grapefruit), and citrus fruits for the most part. Therefore, it is desirable to eat iron-containing foods (the list can be found on the Internet), it is important for the absorption of iron to supplement the eaten juice or citrus fruits. In this case, you can be sure that the iron will be absorbed in the maximum possible amount.

Separately, we note the trace element calcium. Yes, this trace element helps the absorption of iron, but in the case of very large doses of calcium goes into the category of antagonists and begins to interfere with the absorption. This should be remembered. As an example, favorite buckwheat with milk. It is in this combination that the benefit from the dish can be obtained only in the form of taste sensations. It would be better to eat buckwheat with its iron separately.

Coffee and tea (black and green) also do not contribute to the absorption of iron. It is better to use these drinks a couple of hours after the main meal. Although real green tea  in other therapies (for example, in oncology) it is advisable to drink more than once a day, but you should not mix the process of increasing hemoglobin with the same oncological therapy.

Attention!   If you have low acidity of gastric juice (you, for example, took a long time antacids such as zantak or tagmet), then it should be expected that the absorption of iron from food will be greatly reduced and hemoglobin will not be increased in the expected time.

Iron in food

In the first place of the recommended iron-containing products are: meat and meat by-products. The older generation remembers that doctors have long recommended in the case of anemia to eat tongue, liver, heart, which quickly restored the hemoglobin rate. It is good to have at least sometimes fish and eggs in your diet (although eggs are in question - you should not abuse them).

The situation is worse with the absorption of iron from fruits and vegetables. This is due to the fact that they contain iron in non-heme form. Keep in mind that, for example, popular apples during storage significantly lose in their composition as vitamin C and iron. Losses can be up to 70 - 80%. That is, you expect a positive effect, but it is not.

From vegetables you can pay attention to beets, celery, turnips. To make iron from them available for assimilation, it is recommended to add to them greens, Bulgarian pepper, in which there is a lot of vitamin C.

Important!  Products made from soybeans (for example, Tofu cheese), and also containing soy flour (sausage, sausages), eliminate the absorption of iron. These are the strongest antagonists.

Iron preparations

  In life there are times when low hemoglobin, especially after some operations, cannot be corrected by any changes in the diet. It is not necessary to harbor illusions about the omnipotence of natural ways and should be included in the therapy of medicinal iron-containing drugs.

Most often, the proposed preparations contain heme (divalent) iron, which is quite easily absorbed. However, as we discussed above, it is better to supplement such drugs with ascorbic acid (vitamin C) for a more complete absorption.

Naturally self-iron-containing drugs should not engage - it is the prerogative of at least a therapist or a hematologist. The doctor will select the daily dose based on objective indicators (based on the results of the complete blood count). It should be borne in mind the possible intolerance of a particular drug for you personally. In this case, the doctor will offer to switch to another drug.

Here is a sample list of oral medications:

• ceramide
• ferroceron
• ferroplex
• hemostimulin
• ferrogradumet
• ferrocal

For intramuscular injections use:

• ferrum lek
• ferbitol
• ectoofer

The list of drugs is far from finite - ask your doctor.

Against the background of using iron-containing drugs, you still need to change the style of nutrition.. At least for the time of bringing the hemoglobin content to normal.

From the adequacy of hemoglobin in the body depends on the overall tone and vitality of the person. The feeling of weakness, fast and frequent fatigue, pathological changes in heart rhythm, a critical decrease in pressure - all these symptoms most likely indicate a low level of hemoglobin in the blood.

Adjust its normal rate can iron supplementation. A little less, but still affect the B vitamins and folic acid. With low hemoglobin, the skin on the face and body becomes dry, cracked, the nails are constantly broken, and the hair is thinning and falling out. Doctors are likely to recommend taking special medications. But the trouble is that such drugs are very poorly absorbed and do not bring immediate results. Folk remedies will help to quickly increase hemoglobin.

Fortunately, there are plenty of home-based ways to increase hemoglobin and their effectiveness has been confirmed many times by a large number of people.

What you need to eat to increase hemoglobin?

Daily intake of iron for a healthy person - 20-30 mgdepending on weight.

To find out which fruits increase hemoglobin, which nuts you need to eat and whether the strawberries increase iron in the body, it is extremely important to stock up on a “cheat sheet” in which you can peer the iron content in different foods.

Products that are most saturated with iron (over 4 mg per 100 g)

• Beef liver.
• Red caviar.
• Cocoa powder.
• Buckwheat. Buckwheat porridge should be cooked at least once a week.
• Beans. Can be used instead of meat.
• Peas. Prepared in the form of porridge, added to soups and salads.
• Chocolate. Able to increase the rate of hemoglobin at lightning speed.
• White mushrooms and champignons.
• Blueberries The fruits of this plant have a positive effect not only on the composition of the blood, but also on other human organs.

Products containing in 100 g from 2 to 4 mg of iron

• Chicken and quail eggs, or rather, their yolks.
• Rabbit meat.
• Red wine.
• Oatmeal.
• Millet porridge.
• Apples of all varieties.
• Fresh quince and jam from it.
• Pears
• Persimmon.
• Figs
• Dogwood.
• Walnuts and other types of nuts.
• Spinach.

Plants with an iron content of up to 2 g per 100 g

• Black bread on natural sourdough.
• Carrot.
• Beet.
• Red cabbage.
• Pomegranate juice.
• Plum.
• Peach.
• Cherries.
• Kiwi.
• Grapes
• Strawberries and strawberries.
• Black currant and other summer berries.
• Sea Kale

Compatibility of trace elements for the most successful absorption of iron

Water, vitamin C and animal protein help the gastrointestinal tract absorb and absorb iron, but there is an element whose consumption will negate all attempts to increase hemoglobin with food. This is calcium. Therefore, it is recommended not to mix iron-containing products with milk, cottage cheese and other “stores” of calcium. You do not need to completely refuse calcium food, you just need to eat it in certain meals.

At the same time, with a lack of iron, it is advisable to drink plenty of water, compote, and natural juices - this will increase the chances of maximum iron ingress into the body.

Recipes of traditional medicine to increase hemoglobin

Folk remedies and recipes help to increase hemoglobin quickly and painlessly. These methods should be especially heeded during pregnancy or with anemia in a child.

• Drink a glass two or three times a week   fresh carrot juice. This amount is usually obtained from 600 g of carrots.
• Do vitamin salad  from dandelion leaves, white cabbage, bell pepper and various herbs (dill, parsley, thyme, mint). It is necessary in the morning.
• You can eat two teaspoons every morning wheat germinated grains.
• Children will love this “medicine”: in equal proportions, mix honey, chopped walnuts and cranberries (it can be dried) in a blender. Eat three tablespoons per day.
• Make up herbal tea: Two Art. l nettle, two Art. l blackberry leaves, three st. l Hypericum and the same amount of chamomile flowers. Pour it all in a thermos and pour three glasses of boiling water over it. An hour later, the decoction can be consumed. Take it should be one glass three times a day.
• Strawberry leaves and roots  also very effective in combating anemia. Pour 0.5 liters of boiling water over the night with two tablespoons of a mixture of dry leaves and roots. Take half a cup of cooled infusion three times a day.
• Recipe for adults: mix a glass of lemon, beet and carrot juice. Here you need to add a glass of brandy and a glass of honey. Stir must always wooden spoon. Medicinal drug take 20 g three times a day.

Nutrition during pregnancy and after delivery

During pregnancy, hemoglobin levels are monitored especially carefully, because the expectant mother should give the baby maximum of nutrients. After birth, too, there is often a lack of iron, because childbirth is blood loss.

In these difficult and important periods you need to eat the most balanced. Be sure to drink at least a glass of pomegranate juice a day, eat mixtures of grated apples, beets and carrots, do not forget about buckwheat porridge. Honey is a natural source of vitamins and folic acid, so you can eat a teaspoon of this sweet medicine every morning.

If buckwheat porridge is not perceived, then grits can be ground in a coffee grinder and used in two tbsp. spoons 5 times a day. So buckwheat is consumed by the whole world. You can make halva from it: a glass of buckwheat powder + a glass of ground walnuts + a glass of honey. And tasty - and useful!

Useful would be a decoction of the hips. After 10 minutes of boiling, the drink should be infused in a thermos for 12 hours. You can drink an unlimited amount.

Now you know what foods increase hemoglobin at home. You can choose a diet that normalizes hemoglobin levels in infants, adults and the elderly.

Optionally, after receiving disappointing results of blood tests, immediately rush to the pharmacy for expensive drugs or hematogen. Proper nutrition and home recipes normalize hemoglobin levels in a matter of days. Moreover, the choice of ingredients is available even for absolute vegetarians and vegans.