05/11/2024
Iron Fast Facts -
🌿 23% of Australian women fail to meet the daily requirements for iron
🌿 Vitamin C and Lactobacillus plantation 299v enhance the absorption of iron, it is best to include these with your iron supplement
🌿 Our bodies uptake iron every 48 hours, it is best for you to take your iron supplements every second day rather than every day
🌿 Ferrous sulphate forms of iron – cause constipation and actually create free radical damage to cells due to the free iron roaming around. Over the counter formulas contain a LARGE amount of iron which is too much for our body to absorb and therefore we are left with a large amount of free iron. Iron doesn’t like to be free, it wants to be bound to a carrier.
🌿 A therapeutic dose of iron is 24mg and the best form of iron as a supplement is Ferrous Fumarate.
🌿 Coffee, tea and milk decrease iron absorption, so best to avoid
🌿 Meat, fish and poultry contain the well absorbed heme iron. Organic liver is fantastic and easily grated into meals
🌿 Lemon juice squeezed on to leafy greens improves iron absorption
🌿Vege sources of iron are tempeh, lentils, nuts, seeds, leafy greens, quinoa, apricots, wheat germ and parsley
