European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

EFFECT OF CUP CAKES MADE WITH MORINGA LEAVES AND VITAMIN-C DRINK AS SUPPLEMENT ON HAEMOGLOBIN LEVELS OF COLLEGE GIRLS

Dr. P. Jyothi Kumari* and B. Yoshita

ABSTRACT

Anaemia Anemia is one of the most important health problems throughout the world among adolescent. Anemia results from nutritional deficiency of iron, folate, vitamin B12 and some other nutrients. Effects caused by malnutrition can be particularly associated with the micro nutrients insufficiency are zinc and iron deficiency. Iron deficiency anemia is one of the most wide spread preventable nutritional problems in the world. Anaemia is a decrease in the total amount of RBC’s or haemoglobin in the blood. Anemia comes on slowly, the symptoms are often vague and may include feeling tired weakness shortness of breath and poor ability to exercise when anemia comes on quickly symptoms may include confusion, feeling like one is going to pass out ,loss of consciousness and increase thirst. Iron and folic acid supplements are recommended to combat moderate and severe anemia. Iintake of low cost iron rich foods such as drumstick leaves increase heamoglobin levels.This study focus on the impact of moringa leaves supplementation to over come anaemia.

Keywords: Anaemia, nutritional and non nutritional, supplements.