{"id":1704,"date":"2024-03-23T18:16:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T18:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecarmencooks.com\/staging\/3924\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2024-03-23T20:02:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T20:02:17","slug":"7-foods-to-eat-on-a-daily-basis-if-you-are-diagnosed-with-anemia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecarmencooks.com\/staging\/3924\/7-foods-to-eat-on-a-daily-basis-if-you-are-diagnosed-with-anemia\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Foods to Eat on a Daily Basis if you are Diagnosed with Anemia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Did you know Anemia can be caused by a lack of riboflavin, folate, B12, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, and possibly even zinc? Often times anemia is due to an imbalance of these nutrients. This is especially the case if you are imbalanced in your vitamin B12 and folate, or more specifically if you are too high in folic acid from supplements, and too low in vitamin B12. This is more likely the cause for vegans to be anemic, rather than a lack of iron. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A good method to manage this is to choose two options per a meal, and consume the lemonade at the same time you eat your spinach or other dark leafy greens. Although if you consume a high vitamin C food within 3-5 hours of your iron food, the C and iron will still make contact due to gastric emptying rate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spinach, carrots, hummus (garbanzo beans and tahini for folate and vitamin E), and more vitamin E in the olives are all excellent foods for improving the quality of your red blood cells.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Avocados<\/strong> (high in Riboflavin, vitamin E, folate)
Spinach <\/strong>(2 cups a day minimum will reach at least 40% of your daily riboflavin needs, iron, folate), or you can consume lentils in place of spinach
Other dark leafy greens<\/strong>, especially beet greens (riboflavin, folate)
1\/2 whole papaya or 8 oz carrot juice<\/strong> (vitamin A, vitamin C)
Cremini Mushrooms<\/strong> (vitamin D, riboflavin)
Fish<\/strong> (high in vitamin D, riboflavin, B12) or 30 minutes of bright sunlight on all of legs and arms
1 lemonade<\/strong> made with 2-4 T lime or lemon juice per day (vitamin C)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pumpkin Seeds<\/strong> (high in zinc and vitamin E)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Avocados for E and riboflavin, spinach for iron, carrots and red pepper for A, and sunflower seeds for vitamin E. A green juice every few days will transform your health over a years time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A veggie burger full of lentils for folate\/iron along with carrot or sweet potato fries for vitamin A goes as hard a steak for curing anemia, without the oxidative effects of ferrous iron in red meat. Elevate your burger with a smash of avocado and lime juice and serve on gluten-free bread full of riboflavin…our breads are made with whole old world grains…..https:\/\/thecarmencooks.com\/staging\/3924\/instant-wheat-free-brown-soda-bread\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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As an ex-vegan I would love to be free of all animal products, but the brain doesn’t roll like that. We need fish for DHA. There is no way around it, unless you want to risk contaminated high metal and oxidized supplements. Vitamin A is easy to get with this simple soup of 3 ingredients…onion, squash, coconut milk. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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For more on the science of these mechanisms, refer to either of these posts: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chocolate Covered Strawberry Smoothie Bowl: Causes of Anemia<\/a><\/blockquote>