Iron Glycinate
Gentle and Highly Absorbable Iron Formula*

Clinical Applications:
» Supplements Inadequate Dietary Intake of Iron*
» Supports Increased Requirement for Iron*
» Supports Healthy Ferritin and Hemoglobin Levels*

Medicinal Ingredients (per vegetarian capsule)
Ferrochel® Iron (Iron (II) bisglycinate)................................................................................................29 mg
Non-Medicinal Ingredients
Hypromellose, Microcrystalline cellulose, Stearic acid, Magnesium stearate, and Silicon dioxide
Recommended Dose
Adults, adolescents, and children 6 years and older: Take one capsule once a day. Take with food, a few hours before or after taking other medications.
Keep out of reach of children.There is enough drug in this package to seriously harm a child. For pregnant women: Taking a daily prenatal multi-vitamin mineral supplement along with this product may result in constipation, diarrhea, and/or vomiting due to the high intake of iron.

Iron bis-glycinate is a well-studied, 100% fully-reacted, patented form
of iron exclusively from Albion® Laboratories. The amino acid glycine is
actually one of the two starting materials the body uses to synthesize
hemoglobin. Therefore, Iron Glycinate™ contributes two key factors. This
form of iron has higher bioavailability, lower toxicity, less food reactivity,
less food interactions and has a longer shelf life than any other common
form of iron.

Ferrous iron is reacted with glycine to form bis-glycinate chelate,
a non-electrically charged compound that is totally nutritionally
functional. The absence of electrical charge, uncommon for an iron
supplement, makes it less likely that Iron Glycinate™ can interfere
with absorption of other minerals such as calcium, vitamin E or
vitamin C. Iron solubility from iron bis-glycine chelate is not affected
by pH changes from 2-6. This means it travels unchanged through
the stomach, into the intestine, where it is absorbed and released for
transport throughout the body.*
Patient compliance with iron bis-glycinate appears to be better
than that seen with inorganic forms of iron supplements for two
reasons. First, the taste: In a study with 145 pregnant women (that
concluded daily supplementation with iron bis-glycinate chelate was
significantly more effective even at a lower dose than ferrous sulfate)
the percentage of taste complaints among the women given ferrous
sulfate was 29.8%, while 0% of the women on the bis-glycinate
chelate complained about taste. Second, iron bis-glycinate is less
likely to have any of the gastrointestinal side-effects associated with
standard iron supplementation.*