Iron the easy way (Spatone Iron+)

Member Name: zerub

Product:	Spatone Iron+
Date:	11/03/09 (66 review reads)
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Advantages: You don't get constipated

Disadvantages: Not cheap

I love Spatone, it's fab. The reason it is fab, is that it means I didn't have to take hideous constipating iron tablets all through 3 pregnancies.

It comes as a little sachet with some water inside. The water is from a spring (oop north somewhere I believe!) that is very high in iron. Its a different iron compound to the one they put in iron tablets, and is more easily absorbed by the body. So you need less of it to get iron, and most importantly, you don't get constipated. Constipation from iron tablets arises from the body not being able to absorb the iron and just sending it straight on through - you don't have that problem with Spatone.

Funnily enough, it tastes quite metallic. But it is good to take it at the same time as vitamin c, so I put the contents of the sachet in a glass of orange juice, and can't tast the spatone.

You take one sachet a day, or two in pregnancy.

And the proof of the pudding is - normally I am borderline anaemic. But in 3 pregnancies I have had midwives commenting on my nice high iron levels all the way through.

The cheapest way to buy it is on 3-for-2 at Boots.

Summary: Ditch the iron tablets