Iron is a mineral that your body needs for growth and development. It uses iron to make hemoglobin, in the red blood cells, which carries oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the organism. You also need iron for the formation of some hormones.

How much iron do you need?

The amount of iron you should consume daily depends on your age, gender, and whether you eat a purely plant-based and vegan diet. Vegetarians and vegans need almost twice as much iron as the chart indicates because you don’t absorb the non-heme iron in plant foods as well as the heme iron in animal foods.

Iron is available from Ogaenics in natural form in all organic multivitamin mineral supplements, Iron Maid Plant-Based Iron (14 mg), and Feed Your Blood | Blood Building Complex (30 mg).

Vitamin D helps you absorb calcium, move your muscles, and transmit messages to your nerves. Your immune system needs vitamin D to fight off invading bacteria and viruses. Research has also investigated the possible role of vitamin D in hair loss in many studies in recent years. The majority of studies found that low blood levels of vitamin D were prevalent in hair loss.

In case of hair loss, have your vitamin D level checked by your doctor, by a laboratory or by self-test from the pharmacy. If necessary, you can remedy a deficiency well with supplements. A suitable product for this purpose is, for example, our Hello Sunshine Vitamin D3 Complex with 2,000 I.U. per capsule.

How much vitamin D do you need daily?

The amount of vitamin D you need per day depends on your age. The following are the recommended average daily amounts for different age groups in micrograms (µg):