I do try my best to have a good healthy well balanced diet, I am Vegetarian and am only too aware that I need to think carefully about the different food my family and I consume, to be sure that we are all getting all the vitamins and minerals we need. However, I do struggle with my Iron levels and have been diagnosed with anemia a few times.  It seems I am not the only one, Iron deficiency is actually the most common nutritional deficiency, it is estimated that approximately 90% of women do not get their RDA of Iron. I  do  include lots of Iron rich foods into my diet such as Tofu, greens, seeds, lentils etc, but Iron is well known for being difficult for the body to ...  Read the complete review

I started taking this on the advice of the midwife when I was pregnant and I still take it now that my baby is 6 months old, partly because I am a vegetarian and I find it difficult to get enough iron through diet alone. Spatone is, effectively, a mineral water that happens to be really high in iron. It comes from a spring in Wales and is completely unprocessed - nothing is added to it, it is a completely natural product. The main advantages of Spatone are that it is more easily absorbed than iron tablets, but does not have any side effects for most people (iron tablets can cause constipation). It comes in one-a-day sachets, 28 to a box, so about a ...  Read the complete review

I was recommended to take Spatone by my doctor after my iron levels dropped during pregnancy and I became slightly anaemic. Iron is an important mineral for the body and a lack of iron can manifest in symptoms such as fatigue, breathlessness and dizziness as your body struggles to deliver oxygen around the body. Vegetarians and pregnant women are particularly prone to anaemia but really anybody can benefit from a gentle iron supplement such as Spatone especially if you are particularly active or over 60. Spatone can be found in most pharmacies such as Boots and Lloyds but I have also spotted it in my local Wilkinsons and Savers. It comes generally in boxes of ...  Read the complete review

As a lifelong vegetarian although I am happy following this way of life sometimes I think it causes tiredness as it is difficult to eat enough iron when you are obtaining it purely from vegetable sources. It isn't usually a severe problem as I am careful to plan meals, but as an extra safeguard I like to take an iron supplement to prevent deficiencies. So just a word first about iron and what it does in the body. Iron is a trace element which is needed by the body as part of the process in which blood is formed. More than half of the iron we have is in the form of haemoglobin which is what makes our blood red. Haemoglobin transports oxygen from the lungs ...  Read the complete review

During a long period of time I was suffering with symptoms that were causing my throat to be extremely dry and irritated, along with painful and congested sinuses. The illness was relentless and I'm still not completely symptom free 12 weeks later. After several trips to see different doctors I still had no answers, other than it is a viral infection. I wasn't convinced, as I felt fine otherwise and the symptoms were persistent. I considered allergies, and the doctor sent me for some blood work to see if anything could be uncovered. Three bottles of blood and 2 weeks later, all the allergy tests came back clear. However, the blood tests showed that my ...  Read the complete review