There are two types of iron in the diet: heme iron found naturally in meat which is efficiently absorbed by the body, and non-heme iron found in plants which must be broken down before absorption and often causes gastrointestinal side effects. Heme iron supplements containing bovine hemoglobin provide a natural form of iron that is easily absorbed without side effects, unlike synthetic non-heme iron supplements which are poorly absorbed and commonly cause issues. A Swedish company produces heme iron supplements that effectively treat iron deficiency without the problems of existing non-heme supplements.

2. There are only two forms of bio-available iron
Natural heme iron from meat products
Iron bound to natural hemoglobin or myoglobin
Non-heme iron
from plants, dairy and syntethic iron supplements or otherwise
chemically bonded iron

4. All regular supplements are syntethic. They
feature chemically bonded iron such as Ferrous
Sulphate.
Heme iron supplements are made with natural
bovine hemoglobin.

5. There are two pathways for dietary iron. Heme iron, which is
found in all meat products, is absorbed efficiently and neatly as a
whole unit.
The other kind is simply non-heme iron and has to be broken
down in the gut before the iron can be absorbed. Most of the
highly reactive free iron ions remains in the gut and cause side-
effects such as constipation, diarrhea and stomach cramps.
The uptake of non-heme iron is also affected by other foods
consumed.

6. Heme iron is natural for man and still is the best and most
efficient way of absorbing the iron we all need to live and for our
bodies to function properly.
In a normal diet heme iron from meat products play a large role.
The regular iron supplements today are syntethic and often
produce gastro-intestinal side-effects which in many cases
terminate the important therapy

7. Non-heme iron must be
dissolved before uptake.
Because of low absorption
reactive free iron ions
remain in the gut.
Heme iron is easily
absorbed as a whole
structure with high
bio-availability.
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8. Swedish company MediTec Group AB in its
Division FerroCare has a strong commitment to
reach people that are suffering from iron
deficiency and have problems with existing
supplements
Iron deficiency is easily corrected using
products from the OptiFer® series

9. www.meditec.se/FerroCare.html www.hemeiron.com