Cancer Treatment Options Forum - December 20th, 2010 - 3 Comments
mother has lung cancer and due to chemo is anemic needs food with iron in it what would that be?
My mother has lung cancer and is constantly having very low blood and always needs blood transfusions, I would like to know if there are foods she can eat that will build up her blood
Hi Monica, a couple of good articles for you,
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/top-10-iron-rich-foods
http://www.umm.edu/blood/aneiron.htm
If you put some of the foods listed in an ingredients search on http://www.allrecipes.com you can probably come up with some really good recipes for her.
Go to this FREE website. They have lots of great info on it. http://savoirvegan.wordpress.com
Cream of wheat is a good one and easy to eat with good amount of Iron
(when I was going through chemo could keep very little down but that worked)
Apricot Nectar is another one that is good for building blood – it stimulates cell production
Also look at iron pills – yes they cause constipation but they help