Diet Plan for Patients of Anemia

Anaemia is a condition that develops when our body does not receive enough oxygen to fulfill its needs. The lack of oxygen occurs due to deficiency of red blood cells or low levels of hemoglobin pigment that binds with oxygen.

The deficiency of red blood cells could be due to low count of RBC's due to destruction or due to abnormality in the RBC structure.

Tips to increase iron absorption in the body:

• Refraining from eating foods rich in calcium or phytates with those rich in iron.
• Eating iron-rich foods alongside those rich in vitamin C.
• Cooking foods for shorter periods.
• Cooking food in Iron vessels.

Vegetables
To Avoid	To Consume
Canned vegetables	Fenugreek
-	Spinach
-	Broccoli
-	Pumpkin
-	Carrot
-	Tomato
Fruits
Grapes	Apples
Frozen and Canned fruits	Pears
-	Figs
-	Apricots
-	Kiwi
-	Orange
-	Guava
-	Pomegranate
Cereals
Whole refined flour and its products	Rice
Brown rice	Barley
Maggie	Quinoa
Whole wheat	-
Oats	-
Sorghum	-
Corn	-
Pulses
Kidney beans	Lentils
Chick peas (in limit)	Legumes Moong beans
Frozen and dried pulses	-
Dairy Products
Cheese	Skimmed Milk
Cream	Curd
-	Yoghurt
-	Butter
-	Butter milk
Spices
Sea salt should be taken in limit.	Turmeric
-	Fenugreek
-	Parsley
-	Black pepper
-	basil
-	cardamom
Drinks
Carbonated drinks	Herbal tea
Alcohol	homemade fruit juice
Canned juices	Green juice
Preserved juices	wheatgrass juice
Coffee	coconut water
Tea	Amla juice
Maple syrup	-
Non-Veg
Beef	Chicken
pork	Shrimp
-	Fish (tuna,salmon)
-	sea food
Oils
Margarine	Canola oil
-	olive oil
-	cow ghee
-	Mustard oil
-	sunflower oil
Other Foods
Spicy food	Honey
Deep fried food	Jaggery
Desserts	Tofu (limited quantity)
Sugar	-
White bread	-
-	Pasta

Diet Chart For Anemia

Early Morning

Warm water / soaked almonds / Cashew / Walnuts.

Breakfast

Broken wheat porridge / veg upma / Veg Vermicelli / Veg poha / Veg Idli / Brown Bread Sandwich / Semolina pancake / Besan pancake (gram flour) / Missi Roti / Stuffed Chapatti / Chapatti with Veg or Dal / Skimmed Milk / + Egg white

Mid-Morning

Fruit / Fruit juice / Herbal tea / Coconut water / Dates

Lunch

Chapatti + Rice + Salad + Vegetable + Dal / Baked or steam chicken

Evening

Roasted gram / Rice flakes / homemade soup / Vermicelli / Poha / Herbal tea

Dinner

Chapatti with Vegetable and Dal