Solving Iron Deficiency Naturally
- Angel Munro
- Nov 17, 2025
- 2 min read
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Most ancient medicinal practices used herbs and food that held similar properties to the organ or condition they were trying to heal.
In terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Beef Liver is known for its ability to Tonify Blood. Spleen aids digestion & nutrient absorption.
The Food Matrix
Vitamin C is commonly co-prescribed, with elemental iron supplements, however current meta analysis shows that is an ineffective practice.
Copper, zinc & vitamin A are essential for iron absorption. If you tried to give these minerals as elemental supplements, they would compete for uptake, sometimes causing more deficiency. In wholefood form such as beef liver & spleen capsules these nutrients aid absorption & uptake. This phenomenon as known as the food matrix.
Inflammation & iron Absorption
Elemental iron supplements can cause inflammation in the body; an inflamed liver will not absorb iron. Heme iron found in Beef liver & spleen does not cause inflammation which is a primary reason why it repletes iron deficiency better than elemental iron supplements.
A happy gut
You don’t get the gastrointestinal side effects with wholefood supplementation. Elemental iron supplements can commonly cause constipation, nausea, stomach upset & dark stools.
Ingredient transparency
Wholefood supplements require all ingredients to be listed as apposed to synthetic supplements. Nutraceuticals are only required to list the active ingredients on the label. Many iron supplement contain nasty hidden excipients.
The Right Dose
Many supplements are dosed 100 – 300 mg of Fe sulfate, daily, a dose far too high for uptake by the liver
Iron supplementation the elemental iron can only really be absorbed if taken every 2nd or 3rd day at 15 – 24 mg, even at this small therapeutic dose, repleting iron can be difficult.
6 capsules a day gives you 78% of your daily iron intake. This along with a good diet is a much gentler & efficacious way to replete iron.
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