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My daughter has sickle cell disease. we have been giving her beetroot with passion fruit juice everyday. now i want to add brucoli on her menu. is it ok for her to eat both in the same day. i heard that children with scd can have iron overload?

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

https://sicklecellanemianews.com/2016/08/31/phase-1-study-broccoli-sprout-homogenate-sickle-cell-disease/#:~:text=Researchers%20believe%20that%20activating%20a,sickle%20cell%20disease%20(SCD). https://www.nemours.org/content/dam/nemours/wwwv2/filebox/service/medical/sicklecell/sickle-cell-cookbook.pdf How old is the child ? .Iron overload occurs mainly due to transfusion/ oral iron. F/u/ MD

Answered 5/24/2021

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