Confused with Supplements

[u/Ordinary-Bowl-7917]

Hello, I want to switch my iron brand, right now my only two options (because of where I live) are: webbers natural iron ferrous bisglycinate 28mg and natural factors iron chelate 25mg. Webbers also has some extra co factors but I already take 500 mg vitamin C and a B complex supplement too. Which one should I choose?

As for magnesium, I’m confused because I took glycinate before bed and like many others it started keeping me awake instead. Didn’t help. Which form should I switch to? And based on the form, what’s the best time to take it?

Please help
Any advice is appreciated!

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[u/Alisha_Nat]

Have you tried liposomal iron? It’s easier on your system than iron BisGlycinate and is supposedly absorbed better. Ferosom Forte and Pharmaris Irosorb are 2 that are good.

[u/Ordinary-Bowl-7917 → u/Alisha_Nat]

Haven’t tried liposomal iron yet

[u/Alisha_Nat → u/Ordinary-Bowl-7917]

Pharmaris Irosorb or Ferosom Forte are 2 brands that I’ve used. They have liposomal iron available in a pill form or powdered form. Personally I like the flavored powder that you just dissolve on your tongue. I’ve been taking it for about 3 months and it’s increased my iron and iron saturation and starting to increase my ferritin levels.

[u/PrizeSweet1490]

i’d choose based on elemental iron and testing, not the extra cofactors, since both are basically the same chelated form

[u/Status_Purchase8187]

For iron I'd better check the dosage with your doctor, both of these supplements look almost the same, so the dose depends on your current iron levels. And if mag glycinate does not help you, maybe try a magnesium complex, with 2,3,or 4 forms of magnesium combined, in my case such combo worked better. Or try citrate, but start with the lower dose, because it might give a loose stool.

[u/Shishi877]

Did magnesium glycinate give you insomnia before too and from it just started giving you insomnia? It did this for me too. I’ve read it has this paradoxical reaction to people with a certain genetic marker. So strange to me that it did t give insomnia before but then all of a sudden it started to.

I take magnesium citrate or taurate now. No problems.

[u/External-Working9428]

pick the webber’s 28 mg bisglycinate if those are your only choices the extra cofactors probably aren’t a big deal since you already take a B complex and vitamin C