Carbonyl Iron not best?
*******Angela****** 5'10"tall 36yrs old SW 268 CW 180 GW 168
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Of course the sales rep said his type of iron was best. He wouldn't have a job as a sales rep for long if he told all his potential customers that some other type of iron was best, was he?
I personally think carbonyl is better than ferrous gluconate. Both will probably work for you though.
Kelly
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True, they have been bought now, so the formula may have changed, but the original developers believed carbonyl to be the best form.
I don't see very good results with any of the ferrous forms, and far more GI distress.
Michelle
RNY, distal, 10/5/94
P.S. My year + long absence has NOTHING to do with my WLS, or my type of WLS. See my profile.
Although the GI distress factor is not a huge issue for me since I only take a weekly iron supplement because I had a hysterectomy years ago, I was also told that carbonyl was the preferred form not only in terms of absorption but also in terms of less digestive trouble.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
So either that rep doesn't know what he's talking about and doesn't even know what kind of iron his product has (in which case I wouldn't trust anything he said) or else he believes that the type of iron in his product is NOT the best kind (in which case why would you want to buy it?).
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
