Red dates and donkey-hide gelatin do not nourish blood! Reminder: These 3 foods are the real blood-enriching foods, don’t waste money
Ms. Yang started in October last year and found that her hands and feet were weak, and the initial examination by the hospital was caused by anemia . However, after more than half a year of conditioning, Ms. Yang's fatigue has not improved, and she even feels strenuous when climbing stairs and walking fast.
Due to shortness of breath, Ms. Yang went to the hospital again for an examination and found that Ms. Yang's hemoglobin was only 41 grams per liter, which belonged to severe anemia .
The doctor suspected that her stool was positive for occult blood, so he ordered a colonoscopy, and found that there was indeed a tumor in the intestinal cavity. Behind the anemia, it was actually colon cancer.
"Anemia" is familiar to many people, and they think it is a trivial matter and normal. For example, I often hear "I just got up from squatting for a while and feel dizzy. This must be anemia." Or if I feel anemia, eat some brown sugar and Ejiao can replenish blood.
1. After squatting down, I get dizzy again. Is it anemia?
Many people will have this experience, squatting for a long time, or sitting in one position for a long time, suddenly stand up, or feel a burst of dizziness.
Although anemia does cause symptoms of dizziness, generally speaking, there is not much change with changes in body position . It is often accompanied by weakness, drowsiness and, most prominently, pallor.
The dizziness caused by this condition may be related to these two diseases:
· Otolithiasis
"Little stones" in the ears, or otolithiasis. The otolith is a very tiny structure. Under normal circumstances, the otolith is located in the utricle of the upper part of the vestibule of the inner ear. When stimulated by certain factors, the otolith will leave its original position and roll into the semicircular canal.
The semicircular canal mainly manages the balance of the body. When the otolith falls off, it will directly affect the flow of ear fluid, provide wrong information to the balance nerve, and may cause vertigo, which generally lasts no more than 1 minute .
· Orthostatic hypotension
The main reason is that when people squat or sit, the waist and legs bend for a long time, the blood vessels are compressed, and the blood does not flow smoothly. When a person stands up suddenly, the pressure is relieved, and the blood flows concentratedly to the waist and legs. A temporary lack of blood supply to the brain occurs, leading to a feeling of dizziness.
2. 5 symptoms or hints of anemia
Living conditions are getting better and better, but more and more people are anemic. About one-fifth of the patients in the world are iron-deficiency anemia, which is recognized by the World Health Organization as one of the four major nutritional deficiencies.
Most of the causes of anemia are malnutrition . When the body lacks certain nutrients, it may face anemia. However, the occurrence of anemia may also be related to gastric cancer, colon cancer, multiple myeloma, lymphoma, lung cancer and other cancers. According to statistics, when these cancers occur, the incidence of anemia can reach 50%-60%.
Anemia caused by tumors often cannot find the relevant cause. Since the spread of cancer cells requires a large amount of blood support, the degree of anemia is often very high. If anemia is accompanied by other symptoms, such as epigastric discomfort, yellowing of the whole body, itching, difficulty swallowing, and occult blood in the stool, the possibility of pointing to a tumor may be high.
According to He Zhiying, an attending physician in the Clinical Nutrition Department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, anemia is a common health problem in infants, young children, pregnant women, the elderly, emaciated people, vegetarians and patients with digestive system diseases.
During anemia, hemoglobin decreases, and the whole body is hypoxic to varying degrees. Therefore, the most common symptom is "pale skin" . Early subjective symptoms include fatigue, weakness, dizziness, memory loss, etc. Severe anemia can also cause symptoms of shortness of breath and heart palpitations .
When the harm of chronic severe anemia is serious, it may cause heart enlargement and heart failure, and may also cause symptoms such as nausea, loss of appetite, abdominal distension, menstrual disorders, amenorrhea, and nausea.
The severity of anemia symptoms is closely related to the speed of anemia. If the process is slow and the symptoms are mild, most of them belong to mild anemia. However, since anemia is mostly secondary to other diseases, patients will also show symptoms of the primary disease. Therefore, the above symptoms cannot be used to determine whether anemia is present, but also the hemoglobin concentration.
Hemoglobin measured value: adult male is lower than 120g/L, adult female is lower than 110g/L, and its hematocrit is lower than 0.42 and 0.37 respectively, which can be diagnosed as anemia.
3. Can eating brown sugar and donkey-hide gelatin enrich blood?
Anemia is not an independent disease, but a clinical syndrome composed of a group of symptoms, which needs attention. Anemia occurs and requires remediation of the cause.
In anemia, the most common is iron deficiency anemia, the main means of treatment is to take iron. In terms of diet, eat more foods containing heme iron, followed by foods rich in plant iron and vitamin C.
Does eating brown sugar and donkey-hide gelatin really nourish the blood?
Brown sugar is refined sugar, 96.6% of which is sugar , and contains very little iron. Drinking brown sugar water will only replenish sugar, but not blood.
Donkey-hide gelatin is boiled from donkey skin, and its main component is collagen . The collagen contained in it cannot meet the amino acid needs of the human body. Eating donkey-hide gelatin can only satisfy the taste and cannot achieve blood enrichment.
The most important thing to replenish blood is iron supplementation . Iron supplementation has two rules: the ease with which the human body absorbs iron is animal>plant, and the degree of iron supplementation effect of animal food is red>white, which means that these foods are more suitable for blood supplementation.
Red meat: including pork, beef, and mutton, all rich in hemoglobin;
Animal blood : All kinds of animal blood contain blood red unilateral iron is very high, and these irons are also conducive to human body absorption;
Animal offal : For example, pig liver contains 22.6 mg of iron per 100 grams. Eating a small amount of animal offal can also help replenish blood.
Anemia is not exclusive to "thin people". There are many reasons for anemia, and it may also be a manifestation of some tumors. So when anemia occurs, don't take it lightly and find out the cause. For the general population, they should eat more iron-rich foods daily to prevent anemia.
References:
[1] "Is dizziness anemia when standing up after squatting for a long time? These two diseases may be the real culprits, and we have to prevent them." I am a doctor official Weibo. 2019-06-13
[2] "Truth | Does eating red dates nourish blood? There are these four signs that you are anemic... ".Guangzhou Health Commission. 2020-10-26
[3] "Red dates, donkey-hide gelatin and brown sugar, the things you think are blood-enriching are actually ineffective! These foods really cure anemia! ". Health Times. 2019-03-22
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