I am fed up of being overweight. I tried dieting. I lost weight but suffered anaemia. I also find exercise too boring. Is there any way to loose weight other than dieting and exercise? Some easy chng in diet plan or anything? Coz m already iron and calcium deficient.

Dt. Siva Teja GadepalliDietitian/Nutritionist3yrs exp

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Hi, you have to consume foods that are rich in Iron to recover from anemia. The good sources are skin out chicken, dark green leafy vegetables (especially spinach), legumes (navy beans, rajmah, lima beans), raisins, apricot, dried dates, oats, quinoa, flax seeds. Even red meat has high content of iron but it is not a heart friendly diet. Try to squeeze a lemon on the food before serving as vitamin-c helps in better absorption of iron from vegetarian sources. Make sure that the food is not too hot as heat denatures vitamin-c. Consuming a healthy balanced diet which includes Whole grain cereals, legumes and pulses, fruits and vegetables, skimmed milk and milk products, lean meat, eggs, fish will help you to lose weight but mind your portions while eating. Avoid red meat, oily and fat foods, carbonated beverages, smoking and alcohol. Start brisk walking 20-30 minutes initially and extend it to 1-2 km per week depending on your tolerance. You have to take calcium rich foods like milk, paneer, yoghurt, soya bean but not along with iron rich foods as calcium and iron might interrupt each other's absorption. So, make sure that you don't end up eating both calcium and Iron rich foods in the same meal. You can also use calcium/ Iron fortified foods separately.  

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