Tomato Fruit Extract Improves the Levels of Hemoglobin (HB) in Pregnant Women the Anaemia who Get Fe Supplementation

Background The prevalence of anemia in the world ranged from 40-88 %, 29 % not pregnant women and pregnant women aged 15-49 years 38 %, government programs in the prevention of anemia with granting Fe, however, the results achieved are not yet optimal. It takes a vitamin c in accelerating the process of absorption of iron. Tomatoes contain vitamin c which can be used as a therapy of non-pharmacological in fixing the status of anemia. Research method This type of research Experiment, pretest-posttest Quasy with control group design. The total sample of 26 pregnant women anemia trimester II who received supplementation of Fe tablets. Data analysis using Independent test and paired t-test. Results The awarding of the tomato fruit extracts 660 mg for 10 days can increase the levels of hemoglobin in pregnant women anemia II trimester get tablet supplementation with p-values of Fe value 0.021 (p greater than 0.005). Conclusion 660 mg of tomato Extract for 10 days to increased levels of hemoglobin in pregnant women anemia trimester II who received supplementation of Fe tablets.