4.+Dietary+Requirements

= DIETARY REQUIREMENTS = No food contains enough iron to treat iron deficiency in anemia. An average-sized person with anemia would have to eat at least a ten-pound steak daily to get enough amounts of iron needed to correct the condition. However, foods can help maintain health and aid supplementation.

The food that people should consider eating/drinking would be:
 * Beet root juice** contains phosphorus, sodium, magnesium, calcium, iron, and potassium, as well as vitamins A and C, niacin, folic acid, and biotin.
 * Blackstrap molasses** contains the iron and essential B vitamins necessary for red cell production.
 * Green foods and drinks** They are rich in folic acid; and many of them are also rich in iron.
 * Unsulfured dried fruits** are a rich source of iron, as well as B vitamins.

The food that people should not consider eating/drinking would be: **Red wine** white wine is better
 * Coffee** coffee can keep you from absorbing iron into your system . 
 * Black and green teas** tea seems to interferes with iron absorption
 * Soy proteins** rich in phyric acid, which interferes with absorption of iron.
 * Grains** have phytic acid