Iron supplements: how do you choose the right one for you?
Feeling drained and looking pale while still eating and sleeping normally is a common story. Friends notice before you do. Before buying anything, the useful step is a blood test: it tells you whether iron, vitamin B12 or folate is the missing piece, and each calls for a different product. This page does not replace that advice.
What is the best iron supplement?
The one that matches your result and that your stomach tolerates every day. Iron contributes to the normal formation of red blood cells and haemoglobin, and to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue. Our Iron + Vitamin B9 + Vitamin B12 brings the three together in one capsule, taken once a day in the morning with a meal.
Do you need B12 on its own?
Sometimes iron is fine and B12 is the gap, which is common when little meat or dairy is eaten. Vitamin B12 contributes to normal red blood cell formation and to normal energy-yielding metabolism. Our Vitamin B12 covers that need alone.
Plant sources of iron
- Nettle leaf powder: a teaspoon in warm water, juice or soup, for plant minerals.
- Organic moringa powder, two to three grams a day, adds plant iron and vitamin C to meals.
- The Energy & Vitality Set combines moringa, red ginseng and spirulina for overall vitality.
How to absorb more iron
Vitamin C increases iron absorption, so an orange or a glass of fresh juice with the dose helps. Tea and coffee taken at the same time do the opposite: keep them an hour apart. Give a course several weeks and check your levels again with your doctor.
More on plant iron in our article on moringa and everyday energy.
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