Foods to use before and after donating blood

Each healthy adult and appropriate age, once donated 200ml of blood only accounts for 1/20 of the total body blood volume, through scientific verification will not affect health. Moreover, after donating blood, if nutritional supplements are timely, it will recover the fastest health.

Before donating blood, eat frugally

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Before a few days of blood donation, vegetarianism is the main thing, it is best to use greasy foods less.

  1. Fasting for a few days: to ensure blood quality, avoid blood donors in the process of blood donation, and before a few days of blood donation, vegetarianism is the main reason, it is best to use less fat foods; Do not use protein-rich foods such as shrimp, crabs, avoid metabolic proteins, make allergens in the blood.
  2. Do not drink alcohol a day: the night before donating blood does not eat too much, two meals before donating blood do not drink alcohol, the more you can not drink alcohol. Using a nutritious food, do not use meat, fish, eggs, cow's milk and bean products, prevent cloudy blood, affect blood quality.
  3. Before giving blood to eat breakfast: the night before giving blood to ensure good sleep, should not exercise too much. Before donating blood without an empty stomach, that morning's meal should use plain foods such as porridge, dumplings, bread ., to avoid during the process of blood donation, the reaction of the head, suspense, sweating occurs. .

In addition, two days before donating blood if symptoms of colds, fever, cough . should be temporarily stopped; Girls should avoid giving blood three days before and after their period.

Nutritional supplement after blood donation

After a blood donation raises some proper nutrition, use some lean meat, chicken eggs, legumes, vegetables and fresh fruit, boosting blood components as quickly as possible. However, do not eat or drink indefinitely, nor drink alcohol. Just need to eat and drink scientifically, have a nutritious value, delicious, just enough, comfortable, in a short time will recover the lost blood.

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After giving blood to increase some proper nutrition, use some lean meat, chicken eggs .

  1. Take a break: 1-2 days after donating blood, pay attention to rest, best to ensure that you sleep more than 8 hours daily. After donating blood without physical exercise and overtraining, the body itself has an adaptive process; less damaging work such as studying, reading books, watching television, surfing the web, and taking good breaks will be equivalent to taking supplements. After donating blood, drink plenty of water, to replenish lost water; Can also drink sugar water, to achieve the purpose of iron replacement, hematopoiesis.
  2. Do not drink dark tea: donate blood within 1 month without drinking strong tea. Because tea contains a lot of tannic acid, it is easy to bind to protein and iron, creating residues that are not absorbed by the body, affecting the absorption of the body to proteins and iron, thereby affecting apples Blood cells for blood donors. Therefore, those who have a habit of using tea, after donating blood within 1 month, are temporarily 'parted' with tea, drink some juice (such as orange, kiwi .), and just try to break the tea, Add vitamins and folic acid, promote blood cell regeneration.
  3. There is no need for soaking: it is possible to use fresh fruits and vegetables, legume preparations, dairy preparations, meat and fish, but do not need to add lumps, avoid overeating.
  4. Use a lot of hematopoietic foods: the main ingredient for hematopoiesis protein, iron, vitamin B12 and folic acid. The body absorbs these substances early, which will reach the goal of rapid blood supply. Foods high in protein include milk, lean meat, eggs, legumes, iron-rich foods including animal organs, jellyfish, shrimp, sesame, seaweed, black cat fungus, shiitake mushrooms, peas, peas apples, longan . pork liver, pig meat, beef contains folic acid, animal liver, pig kidney, goat . contains lots of vitamin B12.