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What is blood.

Blood is seen as a specialized bodily fluids. Blood plays a curial role in the functioning of the body and maintaining the body health. Blood is a fluid connective tissue which consist of white blood and red blood cells, plasma and platelets.

Red blood cells helps In transporting oxygen from the lungs and suppply to all the parts of the body, and helps in removing carbo dioxide waste from the body.

While white blood cells are part of the body immune system which help in battling against diseases and infection.

Blood helps in providing nutrients, hormones, oxygen and immune cells to different tissues and organs. Blood also plays an important role in maintaining pH balance, proper body temperature and removing of waste.

Why do we need blood?

Human being needs blood for several reasons, and I would like to list the reason below:

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• We need blood for transporting oxygen. Like I mention, blood helps in carrying oxygen from the lungs to all the cells we have in our body. Cells needs oxygen to produce energy and carrying out other functions .

• We need blood for removal of waste products. I was taught that bloods helps in picking up waste materials like carbon dioxide from the cells transport them to the our kidney for elimination from our body

• Blood also carries nutrients like sugar, fats and Amino acids from the digestive system down to the cells where they will be needed for repair, energy production and growth

• Lastly, blood helps in fighting infections in our body. Like I said that blood contains white blood cells which helps Im protecting the body from any kind of infection . This process is done by identifing and destroying the harmful viruses and bacteria.

Mention the different functions of the blood

• Blood helps in oxygenation. This process is done by the blood picking up oxygen from the lungs and taking it to the tissues and different organs of the body, giving proper oxygen supply for energy production.

• Blood helps in distributing heat from the core to the body surface, this helps in regulating the body temperature. Blood also helps in maintaining pH balance

• Blood contains antibodies, white blood cells and other components that helps in fighting and defending the body against foreign substances and pathogens , which leads to protecting against infection and immune response

lastly, blood are very important when it's come to maintaining homeostasis and proper functioning of the body's organs and tissues.

What kind of food should we eat to get a healthy blood

To have a healthy blood, it's is essential to get a well balance diet that's Includes different varieties of nutrients rich foods. I will list different types of food that we should eat to maintain and improve blood health.

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• We all know that Iron is very important when it's comes to production of red blood cells and hemoglobin. Make sure to include red meat, legumes, fortified cereals and leafy green in your diet

• East food that is good in Vitamin C. Vitamin C helps in absorption of iron, include strawberries, broccoli, tomatoes and bell in your food.

• East food like Brussels sprouts, broccoli , collard greens, spinach also includes green herbs like cilantro and parsley in your meal. This foods contains Vitamin K, vitamin k hels in blood clothing and prevent too much bleeding during injury

• Foods like asparagus, legumes, fortified grains and avocados. This foods are rich in folate, this nutrients is good for red blood cell production

Conclusion
Don't forget that to maintain a healthy diet you must combined it with regular physical activity, enough sleep, avoid consuming excessive alcohol and avoid smoking for a good well being and healthy blood.

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