Anemia in general is a condition that generates a lot of tiredness because the blood inefficiently distributes energy, nutrients and oxygen throughout the body, and to compensate for this it is very common that a person with anemia has a great desire to eat sweets, especially chocolate that also it has iron, to compensate for the lack of energy thus promoting an increase in weight.
Sweets offer energy in a simple way to try to reduce constant tiredness, but in addition to inactivity, the anemic tends to put on weight while anemia is not corrected.
How to treat anemia to lose weight
In the case of iron deficiency anemia, the one that is directly related to a diet that is poorer in iron, and to avoid relapses it is important to increase the consumption of vegetables, lean meats and dark vegetables to increase the availability of iron in the blood, since feeding low in protein, it usually contains a higher amount of calories, which makes you fat, and this would be the main reason.
In the case of vegetarians, to combat anemia, and to increase weight because of that, it may be interesting to increase the consumption of foods enriched with Vitamin B12, a vitamin found in animal foods, and thus improve the absorption of Iron to balance the supply of essential nutrients.
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Other symptoms of anemia
Anemia is also usually accompanied by general malaise, less concentration and mental and physical disposition, more sleep and less strength to perform daily tasks and also physical activity, which would normally serve to combat or treat the accumulation of fat and weight gain, so it is common that during anemia, weight gain occurs.
Monitoring the levels of ferritin, hemoglobin and hematocrit frequently, can be an important strategy for weight control, especially when you tend to anemia, or a restrictive or reduced diet in iron as in the case of vegetarians.
For this reason, blood iron levels can serve as an alert to determine the risk that an individual has of becoming obese or not, since normally people who have high iron levels are generally thinner and have more physical disposition. for your daily living activities.
