'Sunday Friends' Blood camp on 9 June 2013....

[Gaurang Damani]

Dear Die Hard Indian,

'SUNDAY FRIENDS' organizes its 32nd annual Blood Donation Camp for the benefit of the needy patients, through the blood banks at various hospitals like Sion LTMG, JJ, Saifee, Hinduja etc.

Date: Sunday, 9th June 2013

Time: 8.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.

Venue: Ram Wadi, Chandavarkar Lane, Next to Nappu Hall, Matunga (CR) market

For further information, please visit our website: www.sundayfriends.in or send us an e-mail on in...@sundayfriends.in.

We would request you to please inform your family and friends and get as many people to come contribute to this noble cause.

We look forward to seeing you on 9th June!!

Best regards,
Sunday Friends team

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http://www.facebook.com/groups/sundayfriendsngo

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To download forms on voluntary skin donation OR eye donation OR body donation, please visit:
http://www.diehardindian.com/helpline/skin.php

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Regarding new relaxations on blood donation, we are excited to let you know that:

- You can now donate till the age of 65 years
- If you are a diabetic, with blood sugar in normal value range, on oral medication and not on insulin, you can still donate blood
- If you suffer from hypertension, you can donate provided you are not on injectables and your blood pressure in normal value range.

For those suffering from low levels of haemoglobin, below are tips to increase your levels over the next week before the blood camp:-

- Vitamin C helps the body to absorb more iron, so make sure you eat plenty of oranges, berries, mangoes, tomatoes, broccoli, spinach and other dark green leafy vegetables.
- Fruits rich in iron include bananas, apples, dark grape, apricots, plums, raisins and strawberries. Bananas are particularly beneficial as they also contain, besides easily assailable iron folic acid and vitamin B- 12 both of which are extremely useful in the treatment of anaemia.
- Dried beans, lentils, chickpeas, soyabeans, nuts and iron fortified cereals.
- Have plenty of beetroot, carrot and drink grape juice almost daily
- Fenugreek (Methi) tip: Cook one teaspoon of fenugreek seeds (methi) with your evening meal every night, preferably with a little rice, to help increase hemoglobin levels AND also lowers blood glucose levels in diabetics.

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