Iron contributes to healthy blood formation and, as a component of haemoglobin, it plays an important role in the absorption of oxygen and its transportation to cells. Iron Plus is an excellent quality, complex preparation containing organic iron and vitamin C to increase its absorption and utilisation up to four times, as well as citrus bioflavonoid complex.

1. CaliVita
®
proudly
presents: Iron Plus

2. Without iron
oxygen and carbon
dioxide couldn’t be
transported
in red blood cells.
Without iron the
metabolism of cells
couldn’t be
functioned properly
in the muscle cells.
Iron is the main buliding block of
hemoglobin and myoglobin.
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3. How much iron do we need?
Age Males
(mg/day)
Females
(mg/day)
Pregnancy
(mg/day)
Months 0 - 6 0.27 0.27 N/A
7 - 12 11 11 N/A
Years 1 - 3 7 7 N/A
4 - 8 10 10 N/A
9 - 13 8 8 N/A
14 - 18 11 15 27
19 - 50 8 18 27
51+ 8 8 N/A
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4. If iron store depletes, the first
symptoms of iron deficiency appears.
weakness
hair loss
susceptibility to
infection
poor concentration
easy fatigability
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5. Iron deficiency affects 2 billion
people in the world.
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6. It concerns every 3rd pregnant woman.
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7. It can have life-long
and irreversible
consequences.
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8. But!
Iron deficiency can be prevented!
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9. Which foods are good source of
iron?
How good iron source a food is depends
on usability and not iron content!
• only 3-8% of the iron
in food from plants
absorbed
• from meat absorbing
rate is 15%
– e.g. beef, chicken, liver
and various intestines.
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10. Which factors do effect absorption?
• Decrease absorption:
– Phytates e.g. in pulses
and whole-meal cereals
– Tannin e.g. in tea
– Oxalate e.g. in spinach.
– Antacids
– Inflammations, feverish
conditions, infections
and cancerous diseases
(also increase the iron
demand).
• Increase absoption:
– Vitamin C, e.g. citrus
fruits.
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11. Here comes the bad news:
you have to eat lots from them!
• 864 gr beef or 3783 gr
chicken breast contain
14 mg iron.
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12. With higher
14 mg
iron/tablet
We know an easier solution:
the reNEWed Iron Plus
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13. Packaging & Active Ingredients
• 100 tablets
• Active ingredients:
• Iron 14 mg
• Vitamin C 30 mg
• Citrus bioflavonoid complex 10 mg
• Dosage:
1 tablet daily
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14. Why to choose reNewed Iron
Plus?
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15. Dosing according to the latest
international research results
• 14 mg of iron per tablet
instead of 10 mg
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16. Having the benefits of technological
developments
• the stability of the
tablets are ensured
from now with using
less excipients.
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17. Big help for elderly members,
pregnant women or children
• all these are
available in smaller
tablets.
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18. Not burdening your body with
inorganic iron
• it is still made of organically
bound iron.
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19. Helping increase the absorption of
iron up to four fold in your body
• vitamin C and bioflavonoid
complex are still included to
complement iron.
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20. Leaving enough money for
spending it on other products
• Iron Plus is offered at a
competitive price.
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21. In what cases do we suggest
Iron Plus?
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22. 1. Who has intense loss of blood.
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23. In case of operation, injury
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24. In case of stronger
menstruation
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25. 2. When insufficient amount of
iron get into the body.
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26. In case of strict or
unbalanced diet
e.g. vegetarian
lifestyle
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27. 3. At conditions that require
increased iron intake.
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28. During pregnancy
• because iron deficiency may
carry the risk of either
premature birth or the
physical-mental disability of
the newly born.
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29. For children
• because iron deficiency may
effect on cognitive
development and result
behavioural disorders.
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30. In case of doing sport
• because athletes have increased demand for
nutrients, vitamins and minerals.
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31. In case of infections, inflammations
autoimmune diseases
• because the fighting
of the body uses
more iron than in
their normal state.
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32. In case of digestive problems
• because digestive
problems result absorption
difficulties of iron.
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33. In case of chronic heart failure
• because iron deficiency may
worsen patients’ symptoms
and chance of survival.
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34. In case of cancerous diseases
• because the tumour itself
and chemotherapy can
both decrease iron
storages.
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35. Iron Plus
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36. Don’t miss to check our video on
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37. This presentation was made exclusively for the
members of CaliVita® network, as a business to
business (B2B) communication tool.
Source:
Iron deficiency anaemia - Micronutrient deficiencies, WHO
Új Tápanyagtáblázat - szerk.:Rodler I., Medicina Könyvkiadó Zrt., Budapest 2006
The tragedy of iron deficiency during infancy and early childhood – G. R. Buchanan, MD; J
Pediatr 1999;135:413-5.
Early child development - Fact sheet N°332 WHO Media cen tre, August 2009
The prevalence and clinical characteristics of cancer among anemia patients treated at an
outpatient clinic – S. J. Kim et al., Blood research Vol 48 #1 2013
Myocardial iron homeostasis in advanced chronic heart failure patients – P. Leszek, B.
Sochanowicz, M. Szperl, P.Kolsut, K.Brzóska, W. Piotrowski, T. M. Rywik, B. Danko,
H.Polkowska-Motrenko, J.M. Różański, M.Kruszewski; International Journal of Cardiology 159
(2012) 47–52
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