Quote Originally Posted by doc
Why the huge emphasis on "without iron"? Most women do not get enough iron in their diet. It's especially difficult for vegetarians. Except for the rare person with hemochromatosis, the body can handle small excesses of iron just fine. Anemia is a very common problem in the USA despite our abundance of food.
Iron supplements kill my stomach/intestines. I just can't take them. I am not even close to anemic, according to my hematocrit levels, which my doc checks regularly. I get plenty of iron in my diet (or am good at holding onto what I do have, even though I do menstruate), so have no need to take extra and mess up my tummy. That's all. It can be quite hard to find a multi-vit/min tablet without iron, which is why I put the emphasis there. I looked fairly long to find this one and have been very satisfied with it.

Emily