CaliVita® proudly presents: Iron Plus

Without iron oxygen and carbon dioxide couldn’t be

transportedin 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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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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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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Iron deficiency affects 2 billion people in the world.

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It concerns every 3rd pregnant woman.

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It can have life-long and irreversible consequences.

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But! Iron deficiency can be prevented!

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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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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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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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With higher 14 mg

iron/tablet

We know an easier solution: the reNEWed Iron Plus

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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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Why to choose reNewed Iron Plus?

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Dosing according to the latest international research results

• 14 mg of iron per tablet instead of 10 mg

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Having the benefits of technological developments

• the stability of the tablets are ensured from now with using less excipients.

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Big help for elderly members, pregnant women or children

• all these are available in smaller tablets.

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Not burdening your body with inorganic iron

• it is still made of organically bound iron.

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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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Leaving enough money for spending it on other products

• Iron Plus is offered at a competitive price.

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In what cases do we suggest Iron Plus?

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1. Who has intense loss of blood.

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In case of operation, injury

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In case of stronger menstruation

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2. When insufficient amount of iron get into the body.

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In case of strict or unbalanced diet e.g. vegetarian

lifestyle

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3. At conditions that require increased iron intake.

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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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For children because iron deficiency may

effect on cognitive development and result behavioural disorders.

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In case of doing sport

because athletes have increased demand for nutrients, vitamins and minerals.

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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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In case of digestive problems

because digestive problems result absorption difficulties of iron.

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In case of chronic heart failure

• because iron deficiency may worsen patients’ symptoms and chance of survival.

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In case of cancerous diseases

because the tumour itself and chemotherapy can both decrease iron storages.

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Iron Plus Look for in the CaliVita®

Global Network!

Don’t miss to check our video on CaliTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPhsJRQTbvQ

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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, WHOÚj Tápanyagtáblázat - szerk.:Rodler I., Medicina Könyvkiadó Zrt., Budapest 2006The 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 2013Myocardial 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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