Iron in my multivitamin? ?

Question

I am a male i run about 5 miles a day 6 days a week im also trying to become a vegan my question is i take a multivitamin daily with iron is this safe? I figure im sweating and i am very active i probably need it anyway? the vitamin is a form a vegan company

Answer 1

This is really a question for your doctor.  But from my limited expertise, I would wager that men don't need to supplement with iron as much as women do because, well, women bleed and men don't.  Unless you're bleeding a lot (in which case you have other problems), you probably don't need the extra iron.

Excess iron can be toxic, a condition called hemochromatosis.  And what's really scary is the symptoms of hemochromatosis and anemia are similar.

Go to www.vrg.org for a list of iron-rich foods.  And remember to eat them with foods rich in vitamin C.

Answer 2

The multivitamin daily with iron is a good insurance policy, but unless your the tin man you don't have to worry about sweating out iron.  

Answer 3

since vitamins have animal product in them... you can't take that.

why do you need supplements?

folks, you need to get  educated on your diets, that's all i can say about that.

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