"This review might be a little long winded but some of you might be in the same boat as me, and I really wanna help you, because it is terrifying losing your hair! I went vegan for about 5 years and then vegetarian over the last year because I really like cheese and eggs. I wasn't paying attention to how much protein I was taking or how much iron I was getting. I was always a bit of a shedder, as I have long, gorgeous thick wavy hair. It occurred to me one day when I started losing a small handful of hair a day, that I might be shedding too much. I remembered a girl who told me she was a militant vegan for 12 years and then she started losing her hair. Her doctor had her eat mainly red meat and orange juice for a couple of months. She grew her hair back and stopped being vegan. Well, I happen to love being a vegetarian and I don't really wanna eat meat again. So I read somewhere to check your iron. Unfortunately, you have to go to a doctor which I do not want to do EVER. So thankfully I found out that to test if you have low iron, you can take a pure gold ring and rub it on your cheek. If you are low in iron your skin will get blueish there and leave a streak. Well, thankfully I had a gold ring and I did just that and it left a streak. I went online and found this iron supplement that had the highest ranking. I didn't care that it was heme iron. If absorbs better...great! I took that and vitamin C to absorb it and stayed away from coffee and eggs several hours away from taking my iron supplement, as that makes it hard to absorb the iron. A month and a half goes by and I'm still losing hair rapidly. I still had a lot of hair, but it felt thinner, like I had lost about 15 to 20%. Noooooo! I finally bit the bullet and bought some buffalo burgers. Two burgers a week with orange juice and an iron pill once a day and a month later the hair stopped falling out. I'm also making sure I get about 80 grams of protein a day taking organic protein shakes. I've cut back to one burger a week and my hair is falling out less then it ever did. Like maybe I'll lose one hair instead of a bunch every time I run my fingers though all the ends. I'm taking an iron pill every other day now because I am also cooking out of an iron pot as well as eating iron rich foods and I don't want too much iron in my blood, cause that can cause problems too. Thankfully, women bleed every month, so I probably shouldn't worry about getting too much iron. Eventually I'll wean myself off the burgers completely and stick with my reprimand. For now I'm very happy with this supplement. I don't get any side effects at all."

"My hematologist/oncologist wanted me to get 3 iron infusions over a 3 week period but my insurance company required an iron supplement first. After significant research, I settled on a Iron Bisglycinate product and Thorne appeared to have a good quality control program. When I went back to my doctor two months later my hemoglobin increased from 8.? to 10.?. Still low but moving in the right direction. The oncologist decided infusions were not necessary at this time given my insurance situation and told me to continue doing what I was doing to increase my iron levels. I have been taking this product for 5 months now and have not experienced any negative side effects and my energy level seems to be the best it has been since my diagnosis."

"i have always had low iron and never put much thought into it. when i got pregnant, my levels were low and my only craving my entire pregnancy was ice and water. fast forward 1 year PP, I still felt groggy, low energy and horrible acne. I got sick multiple times a day throughout my pregnancy and continued a little over a year PP. I decided to start taking vitamins and looked up the best brands. these are rated top for ingredients. I have not taken many vitimans other than fish oil and a few others recommended for mental health in addition to medications. those never made a difference and didn’t notice anything at all when taking and when not. i was not interested in taking vitimans but 1 year PP, I wanted to take care of my body more because obviously it was not the same as before. I began these and quickly noticed a difference. I was less groggy and more focused. I didn’t have much brain fog. I have combined this with thorne multi vitimans and a cheaper alternative for probiotics. Some are pricy but the less pricy ones, I recommend. I have not gotten blood work done recently so I can’t say much about that part. I will not I have changed my diet more. This is obviously not going to be a all in one miracle pill. It’s a great addition to overall wellness."