Download Dietery GuiDelines for nutritional anemias

Nutrifit
Diet, Nutrition, Therapeutic
Lifestyle Management Clinic
Dietery Guidelines
for
nutritional
anemias
UNIT 1 – BOGULKUNTA
4-1-1230, Off Abids Road, Bogulkunta, Hyderabad – 500001.
UNIT 2 – HYDERGUDA
3-6-282, Opp. Old MLA Qrtrs., Hyderguda, Hyderabad – 500029.
UNIT 3 – JUBILEE HILLS
Plot # 769, Near MAA TV, Road # 44
Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad – 500033.
ALL THREE UNITS
Centralized Tel. : +91 40 40222300
Appointments only Tel. : +91 40 40632301
Website : www.fernandezhospital.com
Anemia is mostly caused due to iron deficiency,
which is associated with several functional
impairments. Anemia also predisposes pregnant
women to higher morbidity affecting their quality
of life and the birth weight of their newborns.
Overall, the pregnant women must have between
700 and 800 mg of extra iron, most of which is
needed during the last half of pregnancy when the
heaviest maternal and fetal demands occur. Iron
rich foods should be taken to prevent anemia and
to build up iron stores in the fetal body.
Here are some nutritional anemia – dietary
guidelines:
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Take iron, folate and calcium supplements
regularly, after 14 – 16 weeks of pregnancy.
A well balanced diet plan with foods rich in iron,
good quality proteins, folic acid, Vitamin- ‘B12’
& C’ needs to be taken.
Its preferable to eat small meals at frequent
intervals to enhance absorption / digestion.
Include two servings of dark green and leafy
vegetables like amaranth, mint, parsley, onion
stalks etc. daily. Green leafy vegetables have to
be cooked well, mashed and can be given as
soup preferably.
Include adequate protein in the diet by
including milk, meat and poultry, paneer, curd,
cheese, soya granules.
Include an item from each of these food groups
every day :
 Cereals and millets: ragi malt, bajra, whole
wheat flour, puffed rice, rice flakes,
 Legumes: soy granules, cow pea (lobia), lentils,
moth beans, roasted Bengal gram, horse gram,
peas (dry)
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Non vegetarian :mutton, egg, liver, oysters,
chicken, fish
 Nuts: almonds, pista, groundnuts, til, coconuts.
 Fruits: lime, sweet lime, amla, orange,
mango, water melon, seethaphal, raspberry,
pineapple
 Dry fruits: apricot, dates, black currants, raisins
To further enhance iron absorption from these
iron rich foods.
 Do not drink tea or coffee with your meals.
Take it an hour before or after the meal.
 Take a vitamin-C rich foods like citrus fruits,
tomatoes, limejuice, amla, cucumber etc.
along with your meals.
 Do not combine an iron-rich meal with too
many calcium rich foods like milk, cheese,
paneer etc.
 Too much fibre in the diet also affects the iron
absorption.
 Try to avoid refined and processed foods –
Limit intake of maida, pasta, noodles, polished
rice, ready-to-eat foods, etc.
 To avoid pickles.
Model Diet for a Pregnant Anemic Women
Early Morning :
Milk – 1 cup + black currants – 15 – 20 Nos.
(soaked overnight)
Breakfast :
Roti (ragi or bajra with roasted channa flour)
– 3 – 4 Nos.
Amaranth with soyagranules – 1 cup
Egg (boiled) – 1
Orange juice – 150 ml
Mid Morning : Greens soup + black til laddu – 2
Lunch :
Salad (Tomato, Cucumber)
Roti (wheat : channa flour – 3:1) – 2
Rice – 1 cup
Dhal with green leaf vegetables – 1 cup or
Non veg. – 75g or Liver (50g) with methi – 1 cup
Other vegetables with soya granules (30g) – 1 cup
Curd – 1 cup
Snacks :
Whole grams sundal – 25g + Watermelon – 100g
6.30 pm :
Chikoo / banana milkshake (with dates / almonds)
– 150 ml
Dinner : Same as lunch
Bed time : Milk – 100 ml
Kindly Note:
 This is just a model plan, the quantity of each
meal has to be customized as per calories
required based on BMI.
 If the patient is diabetic, hypertensive or suffering with any other medical ailment, diet has
to be altered accordingly.
Please contact the following number for an
appointment with the Nutritionists, Dr. Janaki
Srinath and Dr. Latha Sashi, Tel. No. : 04040632301. The Nutritionists will be available
at the three Units of Fernandez Hospital on
following day :
Bogulkunta : Monday (1 pm – 3 pm) / Friday (6pm
– 8 pm) / Saturday (11 am – 1 pm)
Hyderguda : Tuesday (1 pm – 3 pm) / Thursday
(2 pm – 4 pm)
Jubilee Hills : Saturday (2 pm – 4 pm)
For any queries, please reach us at
[email protected]