{"id":171472,"date":"2025-09-26T21:26:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/171472\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T21:26:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:26:17","slug":"9-best-iron-supplements-for-women-according-to-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/171472\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Best Iron Supplements for Women, According to Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lab test can help determine if you\u2019re dealing with a deficiency, in which case supplements can be incredibly helpful and even necessary. Low iron levels can be tied to a number of factors: You may not be consuming enough through food sources; you might have an increase in need (due to pregnancy or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK448065\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">chronic condition like anemia<\/a>); or your body just isn\u2019t absorbing it well.<\/p>\n<p>Loss of blood can also contribute to anemia (such as during menstruation or during a surgery), says Cording. In this case, an iron supplement may be warranted for a short period of time to replenish stores.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone with a heavy period, pregnant people, infants, frequent blood donors, athletes (especially female athletes), and people with cancer, gastrointestinal disorders, or heart failure are more likely to be low in iron, making them good candidates for iron supplements,\u201d says Moon.<\/p>\n<p>She also notes that it\u2019s not a bad idea for all women of childbearing age to assess their iron status to see if a supplement is right for them.<\/p>\n<p>Dietary choices can play a role in iron levels, too. \u201cVegetarians and vegans rely on plant-based iron, which isn\u2019t absorbed as efficiently as the iron in meat,\u201d says Agyeman. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t get enough, it just takes a bit of strategy.\u201d Think: eating more beans, lentils, tofu, leafy greens, quinoa, pumpkin seeds, and fortified grains\u2014and, of course, considering an iron supplement to help bridge the gap.<\/p>\n<p>As for people who absolutely should not take iron supplements: \u201cThere\u2019s an inherited condition called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niddk.nih.gov\/health-information\/liver-disease\/hemochromatosis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hemochromatosis<\/a> where iron builds up to toxic levels that can cause liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, and heart disease,\u201d says Moon. \u201cThese folks should avoid iron and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/this-vitamin-c-and-stimulating-collagen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">vitamin C supplements<\/a>, and follow the guidance of their health care team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A lab test can help determine if you\u2019re dealing with a deficiency, in which case supplements can be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[19833,2428,1777,19834,405,49,48,84,395,19835,404,38740,21762,343],"class_list":{"0":"post-171472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-_commerce","9":"tag-_sensitivecontent","10":"tag-_seo","11":"tag-_syndication_noshow","12":"tag-beauty","13":"tag-ca","14":"tag-canada","15":"tag-health","16":"tag-nutrition","17":"tag-onecolumn","18":"tag-shopping","19":"tag-storytypecategory-guide-comparison","20":"tag-textabovecenterfullbleed","21":"tag-web"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}