Why women should have iron – and best ways to get it
Women struggling for energy often blame their busy lifestyle, but it could be worth checking your dietary iron intake.
Iron is a mineral that our bodies need to stay healthy.1
Iron supports bodily functions including transporting oxygen in the body, maintaining red blood cell health and maintaining energy levels.2
So, how can you get iron? Through your diet!
Your body absorbs iron through iron-rich foods such as red meat, poultry, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds, legumes (think baked beans, lentils and chickpeas) and leafy green vegetables (such as spinach, kale and silverbeet).3
What are your iron needs?
Our iron intakes differ depending on our gender and age. Some people should have more dietary iron, such as those who menstruate or are pregnant. Women generally have greater requirements than men. The recommended dietary intake of iron for women aged 19-50 years old is 18mg a day, while for women aged 50-plus and men, it is about 8mg a day.4
If you’re breastfeeding you may need to rebuild your iron stores that may have been used while you were pregnant.5
Since women have a higher dietary intake requirement of iron, they can find it difficult to meet their daily requirements with food alone.6
Twenty-three per cent of Australian women do not consume the recommended dietary intake of iron.7
How to support your iron intake
If you’re struggling to support your iron intake through your diet, a supplement can help.
Nature’s Way are the experts in gummies and, as Australia’s No.1 adult multivitamin gummie range,8 know how to deliver delicious and easy ways to get your daily vitamin or supplement top up beyond tablets.
Nature’s Way Vita Gummies taste delicious and are a good option for people who struggle to swallow pills or simply don’t like pills.
Nature’s Way High Strength Adult Vita Gummies Iron 24mg contains a seriously strong 24mg of iron per gummie – with one gummie equal to one tablet.9
It is specially formulated with Lipofer iron to support iron levels in the body when dietary intake is inadequate, which will:
- Help prevent dietary iron deficiency in women
- Support energy levels
- Assist healthy red blood cell production
- Relieve tiredness and fatigue when dietary intake is inadequate.
Nature’s Way Adult Vita Gummies has a convenient and delicious range tailored to women’s specific health and wellbeing needs.
The range features Nature’s Way Adult Vita Gummies Women’s Multivitamin, which is Australia’s top-selling multivitamin adult supplement,10 as well as easy-to-take gummies for Hair Skin Nails, a Women’s 50+ Multivitamin, and High Strength Collagen Vita Gummies.
Get on to gummies as a convenient and delicious way to support your health!
*This post is brought to you by Nature’s Way Adult Vita Gummies. Always read the label and follow the directions for use.
1 Dietitians Australia, Dietary iron makes healthy bodies, retrieved June 2024 from https://dietitiansaustralia.org.au/health-advice/dietary-iron-makes-healthy-bodies
2 Better Health Channel, retrieved June 2024 from https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/iron
3 Dietitians Australia, Dietary iron makes healthy bodies, retrieved June 2024 from https://dietitiansaustralia.org.au/health-advice/dietary-iron-makes-healthy-bodies
4 Nutrition Australia, Iron, retrieved June 2024 from https://nutritionaustralia.org/fact-sheets/iron/
5 Better Health Channel, Breastfeeding and your diet, retrieved June 2024 from https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/breastfeeding-and-your-diet
6 Nutrition Australia, Iron, retrieved June 2024 from https://nutritionaustralia.org/fact-sheets/iron/
7 Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Health Survey: Usual Nutrient Intakes, retrieved June 2024 from https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/health-conditions-and-risks/australian-health-survey-usual-nutrient-intakes/latest-release
8 Data sourced from Circana retail scan, Total Nature’s Way unit sales, total Australian Grocery and Pharmacy, MAT to 28/1/24
9 Compared to Nature’s Way High Strength Iron Tablets
10 Data sourced from Circana retail scan, Total Adult Multivitamin unit sales, total Australian Grocery and Pharmacy, MAT to 28/1/24
