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Some essential nutrients, such as iron for example, require special precautions to be properly absorbed by our body. There Sucrosomal technology®, designed and patented by PharmaNutra, promotes the absorption of some essential nutrients, including which iron (Sucrosomal Iron®), and improves gastrointestinal tolerability.
What is Sucrosomal Technology®?
There Sucrosomal technology® was conceived by PharmaNutra to transport, protect and promote the absorption of some minerals and nutrients essential for the human body such as selenium, zinc, calcium, magnesium, iodine and, above all, iron. This last element, in particular, if present within food supplements or useful remedies to counteract iron deficiency, can be difficult to absorb and can even cause irritation of the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines.
The name of this special technology comes from the Sucrosome® that is the complex of substances that surround the nutrient, preserve it from the action of external substances, transport it and promote its absorption at the level of the intestinal mucosa. There Sucrosomal technology® it is therefore a suitable tool for making nutritional supplements to be used in case of increased physiological needs or any deficiencies of some minerals that are precious for the health of the organism.
Sucrosomial® Iron: an innovative technology applied to iron supplements
Iron is a very important element for our body. In addition to intervening in the formation of hemoglobin and myoglobin, iron supports the immune defenses, the growth of children and adolescents and is also a fundamental element for the well-being of the nervous system.
Our body accumulates its iron reserves since the last months before birth e throughout its life it absorbs the iron necessary for normal physiological functions from its diet. Both foods of animal origin and those of plant origin are rich in iron. The former, in particular, are rich in heme iron, a type of iron linked to porphyrins and present in the hemoglobin and myoglobin of the animal’s muscle tissues. Heme iron (also called organic iron) is absorbed by our body more easily than non-heme iron (also called inorganic iron), which instead is typically contained in foods of plant origin.
Our human body absorbs iron in the intestine, more precisely in the duodenum. Some of the iron absorbed through the diet binds to ferritin, a protein that is the main deposit of iron in cells (especially in the liver, spleen and bone marrow), while another portion of iron binds transferrin and is carried to the various tissues of the organism.
Food supplements generally contain inorganic iron (non-heme iron). As previously mentioned, inorganic iron is absorbed with more difficulty by our body than organic iron (heme iron). Furthermore, large quantities of free inorganic iron can irritate the gastric mucosa and generate some discomfort typical of iron intake such as, for example, digestive difficulties and a sense of heaviness. Even the metallic taste of iron it can be unpleasant and make it difficult to administer, especially to children. There Sucrosomal technology®, as well as improving the absorption of iron, it allows to overcome these annoyances and improve compliance.
Sucrosomial® Technology applied to iron
When the Sucrosomal technology® is applied to the iron we speak of Sucrosomal Iron®. The food supplements of the SiderAL range® specifically contain the Sucrosomal Iron® (Sideral® rm), a preparation based on ferric pyrophosphate protected by a phospholipid matrix wrapped by a second one sucrester matrix.
The sucrester matrix, in particular, protects iron from the acidic environment of the stomach and favors its easier release in the intestine. Furthermore, as mentioned above, the Sucrosomal technology® it allows to avoid some typical annoyances that are normally associated with the administration of conventional iron such as, for example, the unpleasant and metallic taste, digestive difficulties and irritation of the gastric mucosa. By improving the taste of iron in particular, the Sucrosomal technology® promotes the intake of this important nutrient even in children.
