THE EFFECT OF GREEN BEAN JUICE AND PUDDING RED GUAVA ON THE ENHANCEMENT OF HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS

Abstract

Adolescent girls are at risk of developing anemia because they have menstruation every month. Prevention of anemia by consuming foods that are high in iron and foods that help the absorption process can increase the hemoglobin levels of adolescent girls. This purpose of this study was to determine the effect of consuming green bean juice and red guava pudding on the increase in hemoglobin levels of adolescent girls. This type of research used in this study was an experiment with a pre-test and post-test design. The sample in this study was 21 people with random sampling technique which was divided into three groups. The intervention was carried out for 7 days. Data analysis used paired sample t-test. The average increase after the intervention of the combination of red guava pudding and green beans was 3.6 g/dl with p<0.05 . The average increase after the intervention of the green bean extract treatment group was 2.2 g/dl with p< 0.05. While the of jelly plain group (control) only increased by 0.02 g /dl with p > 0,05 . In conclusion, this study showed that there was an effect of giving a combination of red guava pudding and green beans to increase hemoglobin levels. It was known that giving green bean juice to increase hemoglobin levels. However, there was no effect of giving agar (Control group) in increasing hemoglobin levels