First of all, you need to give up alcohol or reduce its use to a minimum. This is due to the fact that in combination with iron promotes the development of alcohol in the body of harmful substances that deplete liver. It also stimulates the absorption of iron, which further increases the level of hemoglobin in the blood.
If you are taking various supplements, look for their content. Eliminate from your diet a multivitamin and iron supplements. Note that vitamin C is recommended as an antioxidant, promotes better absorption of iron, so taking it in pill form and should be stopped. However, juices and foods that contain this vitamin in its natural form, is not dangerous.
Lovers of meat, fish and seafood, suffering from increased levels of hemoglobin in the blood, also have to give up or greatly limit the use of these dishes. Completely excluded from the diet should be raw and undercooked seafood. And the risk is not only the content of iron, and that they may contain bacteria, provoking the development of infectious disease in humans at increased hemoglobin. Therefore, on your desk should only be thermally processed fish and shellfish.
Try to use more liquid. In the summer, in the heat, when you do not want to eat hot soups, cook hodgepodge, or beetroot gazpacho, first courses must appear in your menu. In view of the amount of fluid flowing in either organism per day you should drink at least 50 ml of water for every kg of its weight. Limit consumption of sweets to stimulate the absorption of iron, but be sure to include in the diet of nuts and whole grains, tofu, beans, spinach, apricots and grapes.
Your diet, in addition to general councils, should also take into account the nature of your illness that caused the increase in hemoglobin. Therefore, additional recommendations you receive from your doctor.