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Iron deficiency anemia is due to inadequate intake of iron is most common in our environment. A poor or monotonous food can help or through ignorance or lack of economic resources, a habitual low in iron.

The main treatment of iron deficiency anemia is oral administration of iron. The amount absorbed is not linearly related to the amount consumed.

Furthermore, the emergence of side effects (nausea, constipation or diarrhea?) With iron preparations limit the number manageable. Treatment should continue for several months to replenish the body.

Dietary therapy is complementary to drug treatment and is intended to be included in the daily diet foods rich in easily absorbed iron and other foods, their nutritional composition that favor iron absorption both contributed through food as pharmacologically administered iron .

Through food, absorption depends on the chemical form in which minerals are found in food. Thus, the iron content in foods of animal origin (meat, liver, fish and egg yolk) and heme iron is better absorbed than nonheme provided by plants (or enriched grains, legumes, vegetables) .

There are nutrients that promote the absorption of iron from foods such as vitamin C and proteins, among others. Similarly, there are substances present in greater amounts in certain foods that interfere with iron absorption (oxalic acid, tannins, phytates?), And that should be taken into account when planning the food.

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