Foods That Increase Platelets

FOODS TO INCREASE BLOOD PLATELETS

Aug 11, 2011 | By Sarah Davis

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Blood platelets are irregular-shaped bodies in the blood that form clots when needed to prevent excessive bleeding. The Franklin Institute states that when the body starts bleeding, blood platelets, along with vitamin K, the mineral calcium and a protein called fibrinogen cause clotting, which can save your live. If your diet is low in calcium or vitamin K, the platelets may be diminished or have a difficult time clotting. Additionally, eating a diet rich in specific nutrients can help to boost blood platelet levels and help the body to clot more efficiently.

KALE

Kale is one of the best foods to eat in order to increase blood platelets. The World's Healthiest Foods website states that the vitamin K found in kale helps boost blood platelet levels and helps them not to stick to each other so that they are more effective in clotting blood when necessary. Vitamin K can sometimes be difficult to attain through the diet, yet the World's Healthiest Foods website states that there is about 1062mcg of vitamin K in 1 cup of boiled kale, a whopping 1,327 percent of an adult's daily recommended value of vitamin K.

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OYSTERS

Dr. Bill Sears, professor at the University of California at Irvine, states that the dietary mineral zinc can also increase the number of blood platelets and blood cells in the body. Zinc essentially helps to boost the immune system, making blood cells like platelets fight harder to protect the body. Dr. Sears recommends that adults get 15 to 25mg of zinc every day, while a small serving of six oysters has about 76mg of zinc.

LETTUCE

Some people think that lettuce provides no nutritional value and that only other vegetables have important vitamins and minerals. Actually, many types of...