The Western Cape Blood Service has created a helpful cookbook to boost iron, so if you are a regular donor or just needing a boost, these recipes are for you!
Cape Town, South Africa (20 October 2021) – When donating blood, all your stats are checked to make sure it is safe to do so; one of those is your iron levels. To help keep iron levels up, the Western Cape Blood Service (WCBS) has put together a cookbook that is designed to feed you all the good things!
They are hoping to “iron-spire” more people to cook good food that is good for your blood and will help you successfully donate blood on your next visit to the donor centre.
“Maintaining a good Haemoglobin (Hb) level is very important for your health as well as for donating blood. We test your Hb level every time before you donate blood. In order to donate blood, men’s Hb level needs to be 13.5g/dl and females’ 12.5g/dl. Often blood donors get deferred because of a low Hb level.
As part of our continued effort to create awareness about healthy iron-rich foods that could boost your iron (Hb) levels, we feature an iron-rich recipe in our quarterly donor newsletter, Blood Buzz. We recently featured an article about ‘Maintaining Haemoglobin (Iron) Levels the Natural Way’, please feel free to read it again.
We are proud to have compiled a cookbook, containing all of the yummiest recipes featured in past editions of the Blood Buzz. We have also included some of our staff’s own recipes for you to enjoy. Please use them, let us know what you think and feel free to share them with your loved ones.
A special word of thanks to Irma Gevers for her regular recipe contributions and a special thanks to Lize-Mari Badenhorst, Dr Caroline Hilton, Shereen Gomez, Vasti le Roux, Christoff van Wyk and Ishaam September for their contributions.”
Delicious meals include Green Biltong Salad, Hearty Lentil and Tomato Soup, and yummy Lamb and Bean Stew. There are 13 delicious recipes as well as a helpful article all about Iron and what it does. They have focused on animal-based sources and plant-based sources of iron—an important thing to factor in with so many varied dietary requirements.
You can download your copy of this awesome cookbook here.
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