Genestra – Femagen Iron Plus

Vegan-friendly formula supports red blood cell formation and function
• An antioxidant for the maintenance of good health
• Helps the body to metabolize carbohydrates, fats and proteins
• Helps in tissue formation and wound healing
• Helps in the development and maintenance of bones, cartilage, teeth and gum
• Helps to prevent niacin, folate, vitamin B₆, vitamin C, vitamin B₁₂, iron and copper deficiencies

Femagen Iron Plus is a vegan-friendly combination of vitamins and minerals that helps to maintain optimal iron levels. Vegetarian diets may not provide adequate levels
of vitamin B₁₂, which, along with folate, helps to form red blood cells via its role in DNA synthesis.¹ Strict vegetarian diets also provide non-heme iron from plant-based foods but do not provide heme iron, the more bioavailable form found in meat products.² Femagen Iron Plus provides carbonyl iron, which is over 98% pure elemental iron.³  Iron is an important component of hemoglobin in red blood cells, where it is necessary for oxygen transport through the body.² Decreased iron storage results from disproportionate iron loss or insufficient absorption.² Women require more iron than men due to losses in menstrual bleeding, and elderly individuals may not consume or absorb adequate levels of iron.^2,4 Vitamin C increases iron absorption in the intestine by reducing iron to Fe²⁺, the form more stable in the basic environment of the intestines.¹ As a cofactor for the enzyme ceruloplasmin, copper helps oxidize iron to Fe³⁺.⁵ In this form, iron can bind its plasma protein transferrin, which transports iron to the bone marrow for red blood cell formation.⁵

References
1. Combs, GF. (2012). The Vitamins (4th ed.). USA: Elsevier.
2. Fairweather-Tait, SJ, Wawer, AA, Gillings, R, Jennings, A, Myint, PK. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 2014; 136-137: 22-28.
3. Manoguerra, AS, Erdman, AR, Booze, LL, Christianson, G, Wax, PM, Scharman, EJ, Woolf, AD, Chyka, PA, Keyes, DC, Olson, KR, Caravati, EM, Troutman, WG. Clinical Toxicology. 2005; 43: 553-570.
4. Fuqua, BK, Vulpe, CD, Anderson, GJ. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. 2012; 26: 115-119.
5. Arredondo, M, Nunez, MT. Molecular Aspects of Medicine. 2005; 26: 313-327.

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