| Flora - Floradix Iron + Herbs, 17 fl oz |  | Brand: Flora
Category: Health And Beauty
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Ingredients: Calories: 20, Total Carbohydrate: 5gm, Sugars: 5gm, Vitamin C: 10mg, Vitamin B1: 2.5mg, Vitamin B2: 4mg, Vitamin B6: 2mg, Vitamin B12: 7.5mcg, IRON: 10mg
Size: 17
UPC: 079651147655
EAN: 0079651147655
ASIN: B00014WFGM
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| • | Additional availability information: For shipments in the continental U.S.: If an item is backordered, we will ship the balance of your order immediately and send your backordered item when it becomes available at no additional shipping charge. For further information, refer to our Shipping Rates & Policy link found below. | | • | Serving Size - 2 tablespoons | | • | Does Not Contain: Alcohol or artificial preservatives. |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
best ever vit-drink August 31, 2008
S (LA, CA USA)
After looking for something that would be easy to swallow specially when it comes to iron. It has always upset my stomach. but with this product I have felt great and not worry about the stomach problems. Finally a product that can help those of us that are tire of taking pill form vitamins.
 Horrible tasting! July 24, 2008
PA gal (PA)
I couldn't get over the horrible taste of this product. Really awful. Even closing my nose and drinking it down with full glass of water. It has a terrible after taste that made me want to gag. Kind of like rotten raisins left in a metallic container. I only used it a few times and the taste never got better. The rest is going to get dumped down the sink. If I had the choice, I would go with tablets over the elixir. I don't know how anyone could think this was delicious.
Energizer April 28, 2008
Sarah Olivia (United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I highly recommend this product. Let me share with you anecdotally why I can't praise this product enough.
I didn't realize that I've had an iron deficiency for most of my life until I came across a Floradix Iron + Herbs pamphlet. According to this pamphlet, you may have an iron deficiency if you have one or more of the following: the lines on the palm of your hands are the same color as the surrounding skin (they should be darker), you have white nail beds (I always think of the movie, "Mean Girls" ("My nail beds suck") whenever I think of nail beds), pale skin, low energy, and/or become easily winded. I had all of the above.
Previously, I had attributed my low energy to the side effects of medication. In fact, one of my former roommates always thought it was very funny when I praised someone for having a lot of energy, as though that were the pinnacle of human accomplishment. It wasn't "he's handsome, she's a computer wiz, he plays the piano beautifully" that ranked highest in my book; it was the person with the highest (focused) energy levels whom I envied and admired the most.
A few years ago after having supplemented with Floradix for many months, I visited my sister, and she couldn't get over the change in my energy levels. Instead of my usual sluggishness, I was active, and unprompted, I pitched in with household chores and whatever else needed to be done (I'm embarrassed to admit that while I'd help out here and there whenever I visited my sister, I mostly slept during my down time). She couldn't believe that the only change I had made was iron supplementation (as I already exercised regularly and ate reasonably healthy).
I have always been fair-skinned and had attributed my extreme pallor to being ginger-haired. I was always offended when people told me I looked "sickly" because of my pale skin. However, my skin tone has much more color (at least relatively speaking) since supplentation, to the point where friends who hadn't seen me in awhile thought I had started frequenting tanning salons (believe me, with two parents who've had skin cancer scares, I'd be crazy to ever go tanning).
My one caveat is that this product is expensive. A local natural health food market occasionally offers free samples of Floradix, and I 'fess up to hoarding them, especially as I have two friends who work in the vitamin department who are willing to set these samples aside for me.
This iron supplement shouldn't create toxicity if used as directed (apparently, this form of iron--ferrous gluconate--has a biofeedback mechanism that will take in iron as needed and excrete surplus iron). It isn't constipating, and I'd recommend it for pregnant and menstruating women for that reason alone.
As far as getting your iron levels checked (which I'd recommend before supplementing), Floradix distinguishes between tests that can analyze your circulating iron levels versus tests that can determine your stored iron levels. If you have an iron deficiency, it may remain under the radar, depending on the type of iron test administered.
Amazing Product March 19, 2008
Ashley L. Sheppard (Philadelphia, PA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had always been slightly anemic; I was constantly cold, bruised easily, felt weakened. After I began taking this, I felt amazing. I felt warm from the inside, and much stronger. It did everything it was supposed to, and it doesn't taste half-bad. I recommend it to anyone who feels like they are lacking in iron.
HIRED! February 29, 2008
Glynnis Farmwald (South Carolina)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have anemic tendencies on my best days. Well, not any more. Last year, I worked with a midwife who was helping me have a homebirth. When she looked at the results from my first blood screening, she had me buy some Floradix to see if that would help get my iron up. I was already eating well, but my iron just wasn't where we wanted it. By the middle and end of my pregnancy, when iron levels typically take a dip, my iron was HIGHER than it had ever been, and well within the "good zone" for homebirths.
As far as the taste... my midwife told me it didn't taste the best, but I drink it with cranberry or grape juice, and I don't taste it at all. I could taste it in the orange juice a little bit, but it's nondetectible in grape or cran.
My son is now almost six months old. I ran out of Floradix just after his birth, and never re-ordered. I noticed a significant difference in my energy and strength. I tried taking prenatals and other supplements to help me out, but it made nursing tough... He was really gassy. I re-ordered Floradix last month, and I can already tell the difference. I have more energy, and don't feel like I am going to die if I don't get a nap. The stuff works. And it doesn't bother my nursing baby. The best part is that it absorbs so well in liquid formm(all natural extracts... no chemicals.) And the amount of iron in Floradix is far from toxic for me or baby. I was surprised to see that a serving only has 56% of the daily adult iron recommendations. But I guess that the B complex in it really helps get that blood beefed up, helping absorb more iron. I feel WAY better on Floradix than I did on the prenatals or other supplements that included 100% of the daily recommendation. I really think that people who need an iron boost will be happy with Floradix. Give it a go!
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