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Medical Forum / General / Nutrition / February 2005Can I raise my hematocrit?
I had a blood test done recently -- mainly for nutritional recommendations -- and it was suggested that I get my hematocrit up a bit. The main recommendation was to take a B-complex. After about a month, however, my HCT DROPPED by 10 percentage points!! I realize it can take a while for it to get back up, but it shouldn't drop like that, should it? (I was also told to take l-lysine, acidophiles, fatty acids, and increase my protein intake. Could any of these have affected the HCT?) Any suggestions? I've read that blackstrap mollasus and raw liver extract may help. Is that so? (I feel OK, though I seem to have a bit more soreness and twitches after working out.) > I had a blood test done recently -- mainly for nutritional > recommendations -- and it was suggested that I get my hematocrit up a > bit. The main recommendation was to take a B-complex. After about a > month, however, my HCT DROPPED by 10 percentage points!! I realize it Nothing should drop your HCT by 10% unless something is definitely wrong and nutrition will not correct the cause by itself. You need to get a diagnosis on the type of anemia that you have and it probably is not diet related. > can take a while for it to get back up, but it shouldn't drop like > that, should it? (I was also told to take l-lysine, acidophiles, fatty > acids, and increase my protein intake. Could any of these have > affected the HCT?) Any suggestions? I've read that blackstrap mollasus > and raw liver extract may help. Is that so? (I feel OK, though I seem > to have a bit more soreness and twitches after working out.) Smokers have a high (too high) Hematocrit, that is blood density. I wonder if some supplements you are taking are acting as blood thinners: Fish oil capsules, garlic, bilberry, other? > Smokers have a high (too high) Hematocrit, that is blood density. I wonder if > some supplements you are taking are acting as blood thinners: Fish oil > capsules, garlic, bilberry, other? Blood thinners do not effect the HCT. That is a misnomer. They interfere with coagulation of blood. Anemia is a symptom and not a diagnosis on it's own. |
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