How to treat renal anemia?

For renal Anemia friends, they should remove the cause of anemia as much as possible, such as renal anemia supplement folic acid or vitamin B12 with erythropoietin. In addition, diet collocation can be used to supply iron.
The effect of iron supplementation: lean meat > red dates

The high content of iron doesn’t mean a better effect of iron supplementation. The iron in food is divided into heme iron and non heme iron. Heme iron mainly exists in animal foods, easy to be absorbed, the iron absorption rate up to 20%. While non heme mainly exists in plant food, with a low absorption rate 1%-5%. Therefore, dietary iron supplements should choose animal food, such as meat, pig, duck and so on.
Taking acidic fruits promotes iron absorption.
Acidic fruits contain more vitamin C, and vitamin C can increase iron absorption rate of 2-3 times.

Vitamin C mainly contains in plants, such as tomatoes, kiwifruit, sour pear, apple, rape, lettuce and so on. For nephropathy friends with a low blood potassium, they could eat acidic fruits to promote the absorption of iron.
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