Info: 30 Veg. Capsules
Are you suffering from anemia or at risk of it due to insufficient iron intake or a malabsorption problem? Have you tried supplements with elemental forms of iron and found they don't agree with you? (Many types lead to upset stomach, constipation, or cramping.) Heme Iron provides the type of iron our bodies have no problem recognizing, tolerating, and quickly absorbing.
Info: 30 Veg. Capsules
Are you suffering from anemia or at risk of it due to insufficient iron intake or a malabsorption problem? Have you tried supplements with elemental forms of iron and found they don't agree with you? (Many types lead to upset stomach, constipation, or cramping.) Heme Iron provides the type of iron our bodies have no problem recognizing, tolerating, and quickly absorbing.
Product Notes:
Iron is used to produce the red blood cells required to transport the oxygen needed to energize all our cells. Heme Iron is derived from animal hemoglobin and this formula from New Roots also includes three important cofactors to combat anemia: vitamin C to enhance the iron's absorption, and the biologically active forms of folic acid and vitamin B12 to help synthesize more hemoglobin. It's very unlikely to cause side effects, and is safe to use while pregnant.
Symptoms of iron deficiency anemia can include weakness, fatigue, shortness of breath, dizziness, headaches, a lack of stamina, listlessness, and sleep disturbance. Those at risk include women of reproductive age during menstruation; pregnant women; people experiencing other types of bleeding or blood loss (sometimes from medical conditions like ulcers); people who do not consume enough iron in their diet; and people with celiac and inflammatory bowel disease, or other conditions which may contribute to nutrient malabsorption.
Iron deficiencies (which can be detected by physicians by measuring the ferritin levels in your blood) are also associated with restless legs syndrome (RLS), and some studies have found that can be alleviated somewhat with oral supplements, as well. It may even have a role in lowering bone density, since iron has a role in producing collagen and metabolizing vitamin D, so a deficiency may disturb the activity of osteoblasts and osteoclasts, the cells which bones grow and develop.
Product label may be slightly different than the one shown.
Related Product: Also see Nu-Life Hemoplex.
Ingredients:
Each vegetable capsule contains:
Iron (heme iron polypeptide from porcine hemoglobin): 11 mg
Vitamin C: 90 mg
Folate (from calcium l-methyltetrahydrofolate): 333 mcg
Vitamin B12 methylcobalamin): 333 mcg
Non-medicinal ingredients: Vegetable magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, and silicon dioxide, in a non-GMO vegetable capsule composed of vegetable carbohydrate gum and purified water.
Contains no artificial flavour or colour, sugar, salt, sweetener, yeast, starch, soy, wheat, gluten, barley, dairy, citrus, eggs, or fish.
Suggested Usage:
Adults: Take 1 capsule one to three times daily with a full glass of water, either with or without food, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner. Do not lie down for 30 minutes after taking this product. If you are taking other medications, take this product a few hours before or after them. Consult a healthcare practitioner for use beyond 7 weeks. Consult a healthcare practitioner to monitor blood iron content. Safe to use during pregnancy.
Warnings:
Keep out of reach of children. There is enough drug in this package to seriously harm a child. If accidental overdose does occur, call a doctor or poison centre immediately.
This product should not be used if you have certain medical conditions. Individuals who have hemochromatosis, other types of anemia, repeated blood transfusions, or stomach/intestinal problems should tell their pharmacist or doctor before using this product. A very serious allergic reaction to this product is rare; do not use if you have an allergy to pork products.
Consult a healthcare practitioner prior to using New Roots Heme Iron if you are pregnant or breastfeeding; or if you have a peptic ulcer, regional enteritis and ulcerative colitis. Before using heme iron polypeptide, individuals should tell their pharmacist or doctor if using methyldopa or iron containing products.
Iron supplements can decrease the absorption of drugs such as tetracycline, antibiotics, penicillamine, cefdinir, chloramphenicol, levothyroxine, levodopa and quinolone antibiotics. Therefore, doses of these medications should be spaced as far as possible.
This iron supplement may interfere with certain laboratory tests (including blood and stool) possibly causing false test results. Make sure laboratory personnel and all doctors know you are taking this product.
HemeIron may cause stools to turn black, an effect that is not harmful.
Constipation, diarrhea, nausea, upset stomach, and stomach/abdominal cramping may occur.
Health Canada Natural Product Number: 80061737.
Supporting Science:
Allen, Richard P et al. “Evidence-based and consensus clinical practice guidelines for the iron treatment of restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease in adults and children: an IRLSSG task force report.” Sleep Medicine, 2018.
Gamad, Nanda et al. “A randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy, tolerability, and cost of oral iron preparations in iron-deficiency anemia in pregnancy.” The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, 2021.
Munro, Malcolm G et al. “The relationship between heavy menstrual bleeding, iron deficiency, and iron deficiency anemia.” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2023.
Sjöberg, A, and L Hulthén. “Comparison of food habits, iron intake and iron status in adolescents before and after the withdrawal of the general iron fortification in Sweden.” European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2015.
Trotti, Lynn M, and Lorne A Becker. “Iron for the treatment of restless legs syndrome.” The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2019.
Yang, Jiancheng et al. “Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia: Potential Risk Factors in Bone Loss.” International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023.