Most of the people in younger age has been deferred as a blood donor due to the lack of heamoglobin in the donor body.This is not mean that you are not eligible as a blood donor in your future.For our health instructions the standard level of the heamoglobin is decided to 12.5g/dl or above.The iron is the main content of the heamoglobin which helps to carry our blood to blood tissues in our body.The heamoglobin is prepared in our body by mixing of several minerals.
Iron will helps for our blood regeneration.The lean meats,eggs,green leafy vegetables,dried fruits,legumes such as peas and molasses.Enriched white bread and potato etc., are not recommended for blood donors due to lack of iron in that food materials.Generally the white food is said to be poor iron resource and not good builders of redblood cells for our recognition.Vitamin C will helpful to increase the iron level in your body.Some of the food items are listed below for the reference of iron rich food ffor the sake of readers.
High Iron Foods
- Beet Greens
- Carob Flour or Carob Powder
- Chard
- Chicken
- Clams
- Dates
- Dried Apricots
- Dried Beans or Peas
- Dried Peaches
- Prunes or Prune Juice
- Duck
- Eggs
- Enriched Breads
- Ham Iron-Fortified Cereal
- Jerusalem Artichokes
- Liver
- Liver Sausage
- Meat, Especially Lean Beef or Pork
- Molasses (Blackstrap)
- Oysters
- Potatoes in the Skin
- Pumpkin
- Raisins
- Sardines
- Scallops
- Shrimp Soybeans and Soy Products
- Spinach
- Tuna
- Turkey
- Veal
- Wheat Germ
- Whole-Grain Breads
