Given the above info, why then is there a “keep out of reach of children” warning on your Floradix bottles, saying it contains enough iron to alter severely a childs health?
The first part of your answer addresses the mechanism: This in relation to iron overload and heart disease. Heme (animal) iron as been linked with iron overload and plant iron has not. If you take the dosages recommended on the box, once your iron levels are normal the iron stores level plateaus, because of a feedback mechanism that shuts off absorption if your body has enough iron stores. However, if you take large doses of iron at once, the body can absorb more because some will be absorbed straight through the digestive lining (called passive diffusion) which bypasses this feedback mechanism. Basically – at really high doses, the absorption can be pushed to go higher. The dosages we recommend for adults are non-toxic and cannot cause iron overload over time. You can see in the chart below, that you absorb less iron at high doses, however more mg still get through. Daily Dose of Iron – Absorbtion 35mg – 40% 14mg 105mg – 24% 25mg 195mg – 18% 35mg 390mg – 12% 45mg The second part of yo
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