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The American Red Cross recommends eligible blood donors eat a well-balanced diet with extra iron-rich foods prior to their donation this fall. During the fall, iron-rich produce such as broccoli, kale, sweet potatoes, spinach, apricots and chard are in season and therefore more abundant. Food can have two types of iron, heme and nonheme. The body can absorb up to 30 percent of heme iron, primarily found in meat, but only 2 to 10 percent of nonheme iron.
Eat Iron. Firstly, it is possible to increase hemoglobin by increasing your intake of iron and this will improve your red blood cell count. You can increase iron in your diet by supplementing with over the counter tablets, or by using prescription medication by seeing a doctor and getting a blood test.therwise you can increase iron by simply increasing the iron in your diet. Foods that have high amounts of iron in them include eggs, green vegetables (such as broccoli or famously spinach), red meat, dried fruits, nuts, beans, liver, pork, fish and shell fish.