Clarifying the Problem Of Anemia

Clarifying the Problem Of Anemia

Deficiency of iron or anemia is a serious health problem. What is anemia? What are some of the symptoms and how can we improve the iron deficiency anemia and its causes.

Anemia is a condition in which there is a reduction in the number of red blood cells in the circulating blood.

Appears when the amount of hemoglobin is less than that required to provide the oxygen demand of the body.

Considering that the iron is essential for the formation of hemoglobin, it is then essential to life. Haemoglobin is the pigment that contains iron in red blood cells, heme, and a simple protein, globin.


Between 60% To 70% of the iron from the body is found in the blood stream and 30%  to 35% in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow.The iron is absorbed from the food in the small intestine, then passes from the blood to the bone marrow  and here it is used to form hemoglobin which is incorporated into red corpuscles.

A corpuscle after circulating in the blood for approximately 120 days dies and its iron is used again.Each second more than 3 million of our red blood cells of the blood die.

The hemoglobin
The hemoglobin in the blood averages 12 to 16 gm/100 m. l of blood in adult women and 14 to 18 gm/m l in adult men and somewhat less in children. Research has shown that vegetarians typically have a lower hemoglobin.We guess that the ideal for women should be 10.5 - 12.5 , and no more than 14 for men.

Some of the more obvious symptoms of anemia include fatigue, paleness of the skin, headaches, dizziness, tinnitus or ringing in the ear, wheezing breathing type, tachycardia, abnormal sensations of the skin and lack of appetite.

It has been found that low iron levels affect the immune system. Fungal infections such as vaginal oral both are very common in patients with iron deficiency. A recent study conducted in Washington D. C. found that patients who developed prostate cancer consumed a significantly less amount of iron also know that inadequate levels of iron during pregnancy can have disastrous effects on the baby.

This problem can easily be avoided by ensuring that a woman with plans of gestate not be anemic and ensuring that her include enough iron-rich foods in her diet. The palpitations of the heart,where the heartbeat is accelerating momentarily are often associated with iron deficiency. When the tissues of the body do not get enough oxygen, the heart is forced to bombed more hard and fast to compensate.

The majority of north Americans have anemia by a low formation of blood cells due to a lack of iron in their diets. For all the refined foods they eat, have a nutritional deficiency of iron. Several forms of iron forms of inorganic iron, such as ferrous sulfate are commonly used by the food industries to strengthen
several products. Unfortunately despite its widespread use the ferrous sulfate is practically useless as iron supplement.

Consequently the majority of the refined foods sold in stores today are deficient of iron because they have been artificially "ENRICHED" with iron, iron that is not natural.
There is considerable controversy about this enrichment process .It is not sensible to refine a food by removing the natural iron and then add synthetic iron and call it "fortified with iron".

Iron Deficiency
When your body detect a iron deficiency, it tries to absorb more of the intestinal tract. However, even under ideal circumstances only small amounts of iron can be absorbed daily. Because of this with often, requires some time to restore to your normal iron levels. When the iron storage is adequate your body will absorb less; and when it detects an excess,the body download the stored iron to be eliminated.

In next articles we will continue with this theme and explain more about what is anemia and  the natural foods rich in iron and how we should do to mantain normal levels about this important mineral of our body.