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iron supplementation trouble freeFrom: Douglas Krell (sfth@roadrunner.com)Wed Aug 14 20:16:01 1996
Richard Chudacoff, MD wrote:
Other than
> transfusions I cannot think of a way to increase her iron stores. Any Yes, we have an alternative that we've been using QUITE successfully in our practice. A company called Albion Laboratories has supplied what is known as "chelated" minerals to the nutritional supplement industry for years. Albion owns some 57 eclusive world patents on a complex process that covalently bonds a iron atom between 2 molecules of a branch chain amino acid. Although this sounds simple, the process is incredibly complex and took years of research to accomplish Albion has been studing the chelation of minerals with amino acids since 1962. They have developed processes by which highly purified hydrolysates of protein are suspended in solution with mineral molecules in such a way that the molecular weight of the resultant amino acid-mineral chelate is no more than 1500 Daltons. Also there are no residues left of the original protein source and there are no residues left of the inorganic ion (sulfate, gluconate, etc...). Because of the incredibly pure nature of the product, the resultant iron chelate is absorbed to a much higher degree AND the iron moiety migrates more readily to the spleen and bone marrow where it can go to work quickly to participate in the manufacture of hemoglobin. A mere 16 mg of iron chelate provides more iron than 300 mg of ferrous sulfate and results in a quicker and higher elevation in hct. and hgb. The product is perfectly tolerated with no constipation/diarrhea/nausea. We have used this product on patients with ulcerative colitis on occasion and it was well tolerated. Unfortunately, as the supplement industry is not as carefully scrutinzed as the pharmceutical industry, there are many companies producing "fake" mineral chelates, cheap imitations, and basically phony baloney. All you need to do to call something a chelate is mix a little mineral salt with some protein source, cook them together, dry it, package it and wham-o. Albion laboratory chelates are the ONLY products with spectroscopically pure molecules of amino acid-mineral chelates. Albion sells their product wholesale to other vitamin manufacturers who formulate products. Albion can provide you with a list of 20 or so companies that use Albion minerals. There is ONE company that is licensed by Albion to distribute Albion products to pharmacies and physicians. That comapny is called: Country Health located in Nevada. phone # 702-827-4202. The Albion iron-amino acid chelate is called Ferrochel. A bottle of 90 costs about $5.00, but you must puchase a box of 8 bottles, so it costs about $40.00. You can contact Albion directly at 1-800-453-2406 for further information, references, etc. We have found these people to be quite informative Doug Krell MD FACOG Galisteo OB/GYN Assoc. Santa Fe, N.M.
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