ANAEMIA

• Avoid drinking tea, coffee or alcoholic drinks immediately after/with meals as the tannin present in these hinders in the absorption of iron and other minerals from the food.
• Take freshly prepared apple juice 1 hour before the meal or before sleeping in the night. REMEMBER the stomach should be empty (do not take a meal at-least 1 hour before taking the juice) while taking the juice and also do not eat/drink anything for about ½ - 1 hour after.
• Children and Teenagers can take the juice of beetroot or both beetroot and apple mixed. REMEMBER to take the precautions discussed above.
• Mix 1 tb. spoon of amla juice with a ripe mashed banana and eat it 2-3 times a day.
• Have a ripe banana with 1 tb. spoon honey,1-2 times a day.
• Soak 8-10 almonds (badam) with a teaspoon of rice overnight. Remove the outer skin of almonds and grind the mixture into a fine paste. Boil it with 1 ½ cups of milk and a pinch of turmeric (haldi) powder. Sweeten and drink once a day for a week.
• Soak 10-12 currants (munnakas) in water overnight. Remove seeds and eat them. Repeat this for 2-3 weeks.
• Have juice of 250gm of spinach everyday for 2-3 weeks.
• Have plenty of food rich in iron e.g. honey, almonds, bananas, apricots (khurmani), raisins (kishmish), fenugreek (methi) leaves/seeds, lettuce (salad leaves), onion, spinach (palak), grapes, tomatoes, carrots, gooseberry (amla), beetroots (chukander), apples, pomegranates (anaar), etc.