Iron Deficiency Anemia Support of a Dietitian and Nutritionist

Iron is a mineral that helps your body make hemoglobin, a substance that carries oxygen around your body. Iron deficiency is when your blood has a low iron count.

Iron deficiency anemia is a more advanced condition where your body doesn’t have enough iron to make red blood cells, so hemoglobin is also low.

If you have iron deficiency or iron deficiency anemia, a registered dietitian and nutritionist can help as follows:

 

• Recommend food sources of iron to help increase dietary intake.
• Help understand the different types of iron in food.
• Assist in reading labels on food and supplement packaging.
• Provide a list of foods to eat with iron sources and what combinations to avoid, to help maximize iron absorption.
• Work with a digestive health dietitian to help manage constipation or other gut symptoms that sometimes go along with iron supplements.
• Work with a prenatal dietitian and receive help maximizing your iron intake during pregnancy.
• Receive personalized counselling to help manage celiac disease or other health conditions that can cause low iron.
• Outline cooking methods that preserve the iron in food.
• Equip you with strategies to help picky eaters get more iron in their diet.
• Work with a pediatric dietitian and nutritionist and address related health concerns.
• And more.