( 14 reviews )
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Posted: Jul 24 2008
I couldn't get over the horrible taste of this product. Really awful. Even closing my nose and drinking it down with full glass of water. It has a terrible after taste that made me want to gag. Kind of like rotten raisins left in a metallic container. I only used it a few times and the taste never got better. The rest is going to get dumped down the sink. If I had the choice, I would go with tablets over the elixir. I don't know how anyone could think this was delicious.
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Apr 28 2008
I highly recommend this product. Let me share with you anecdotally why I can't praise this product enough. I didn't realize that I've had an iron deficiency for most of my life until I came across a Floradix Iron + Herbs pamphlet. According to this pamphlet, you may have an iron deficiency if you have one or more of the following: the lines on the palm of your hands are the same color as the surrounding skin (they should be darker), you have white nail beds (I always think of the movie, "Mean Girls" ("My nail beds suck") whenever I think of nail beds), pale skin, low energy, and/or become easily winded. I had all of the above. Previously, I had attributed my low energy to the side effects of medication. In fact, one of my former roommates always thought it was very funny when I praised someone for having a lot of energy, as though that were the pinnacle of human accomplishment. It wasn't "he's handsome, she's a computer wiz, he plays the piano beautifully" that ranked highest in my book; it was the person with the highest (focused) energy levels whom I envied and admired the most. A few years ago after having supplemented with Floradix for many months, I visited my sister, and she couldn't get over the change in my energy levels. Instead of my usual sluggishness, I was active, and unprompted, I pitched in with household chores and whatever else needed to be done (I'm embarrassed to admit that while I'd help out here and there whenever I visited my sister, I mostly slept during my down time). She couldn't believe that the only change I had made was iron supplementation (as I already exercised regularly and ate reasonably healthy). I have always been fair-skinned and had attributed my extreme pallor to being ginger-haired. I was always offended when people told me I looked "sickly" because of my pale skin. However, my skin tone has much more color (at least relatively speaking) since supplentation, to the point where friends who hadn't seen me in awhile thought I had started frequenting tanning salons (believe me, with two parents who've had skin cancer scares, I'd be crazy to ever go tanning). My one caveat is that this product is expensive. A local natural health food market occasionally offers free samples of Floradix, and I 'fess up to hoarding them, especially as I have two friends who work in the vitamin department who are willing to set these samples aside for me. This iron supplement shouldn't create toxicity if used as directed (apparently, this form of iron--ferrous gluconate--has a biofeedback mechanism that will take in iron as needed and excrete surplus iron). It isn't constipating, and I'd recommend it for pregnant and menstruating women for that reason alone. As far as getting your iron levels checked (which I'd recommend before supplementing), Floradix distinguishes between tests that can analyze your circulating iron levels versus tests that can determine your stored iron levels. If you have an iron deficiency, it may remain under the radar, depending on the type of iron test administered.
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( 3 of 3 found this review helpful ) Posted: Apr 28 2008
I highly recommend this product. Let me share with you anecdotally why I can't praise this product enough. I didn't realize that I've had an iron deficiency for most of my life until I came across a Floradix Iron + Herbs pamphlet. According to this pamphlet, you may have an iron deficiency if you have one or more of the following: the lines on the palm of your hands are the same color as the surrounding skin (they should be darker), you have white nail beds (I always think of the movie, "Mean Girls" ("My nail beds suck") whenever I think of nail beds), pale skin, low energy, and/or become easily winded. I had all of the above. Previously, I had attributed my low energy to the side effects of medication. In fact, one of my former roommates always thought it was very funny when I praised someone for having a lot of energy, as though that were the pinnacle of human accomplishment. It wasn't "he's handsome, she's a computer wiz, he plays the piano beautifully" that ranked highest in my book; it was the person with the highest (focused) energy levels whom I envied and admired the most. A few years ago after having supplemented with Floradix for many months, I visited my sister, and she couldn't get over the change in my energy levels. Instead of my usual sluggishness, I was active, and unprompted, I pitched in with household chores and whatever else needed to be done (I'm embarrassed to admit that while I'd help out here and there whenever I visited my sister, I mostly slept during my down time). She couldn't believe that the only change I had made was iron supplementation (as I already exercised regularly and ate reasonably healthy). I have always been fair-skinned and had attributed my extreme pallor to being ginger-haired. I was always offended when people told me I looked "sickly" because of my pale skin. However, my skin tone has much more color (at least relatively speaking) since supplentation, to the point where friends who hadn't seen me in awhile thought I had started frequenting tanning salons (believe me, with two parents who've had skin cancer scares, I'd be crazy to ever go tanning). My one caveat is that this product is expensive. A local natural health food market occasionally offers free samples of Floradix, and I 'fess up to hoarding them, especially as I have two friends who work in the vitamin department who are willing to set these samples aside for me. This iron supplement shouldn't create toxicity if used as directed (apparently, this form of iron--ferrous gluconate--has a biofeedback mechanism that will take in iron as needed and excrete surplus iron). It isn't constipating, and I'd recommend it for pregnant and menstruating women for that reason alone. As far as getting your iron levels checked (which I'd recommend before supplementing), Floradix distinguishes between tests that can analyze your circulating iron levels versus tests that can determine your stored iron levels. If you have an iron deficiency, it may remain under the radar, depending on the type of iron test administered.
