Keeping my energy levels up with Spatone

I have been a mum for a little over 7 years now, and I have spent a fair chunk of those years feeling tired.

My children generally sleep through the night now.  And, to be fair, on the nights that they do wake up thanks to a bad dream or needing the toilet or whatever other random reason, they seem to settle back to sleep quite quickly.

I’m nowhere near as tired now as I was in the first year of Nerys’ life when I was up so many times each night I lost count.

But life is still really quite busy, and I have still been feeling tired even though I’m lucky enough to get a decent amount of undisturbed sleep at night.

So I’ve been looking at what I can do to try and get (and then keep) my energy levels up throughout the day.  I’ve been drinking more water, have been trying to hit 10,000 steps each day and fit in some regular exercise thanks to my old workout dvds.  I’ve also been looking at my diet, and have realised that I don’t think I get enough iron from the food I eat.

So I’ve been taking Spatone liquid iron for a month or so now, to increase my iron levels to help maintain my energy levels.

I’ve been taking the apple flavour Spatone, which comes in a box of 28 individual sachets.

If you’ve not heard of Spatone before, it’s basically sachets of iron-rich water from Snowdonia national park.  The apple version that I’ve been using also contains apple concentrate and vitamin C, which helps our bodies absorb the iron more easily.

It might seem a strange thing to mention but I like the fact that the box is quite compact and is actually full up with sachets, rather than a lot of empty space.

I keep the box out on the worktop in my kitchen and it’s really easy to reach in and grab a sachet in the morning, to start my day off well.

If you don’t have time in the morning to take one, or just prefer to have it a bit later in the day, then the sachets are a great size to pop in your bag and take out and about with you.

They’ve really been designed to make taking them nice and easy, and without the side effects people often seem to get from taking iron in tablet form.

I tend to have my Spatone first thing in the morning, mixed in with a small glass of orange juice.

It’s recommended that you wait at least half an hour after taking it before you eat or drink anything else, especially things with caffeine in them.  This works quite well for me, because I tend to wait to have my breakfast (and my coffee) once I’m home from doing the school run.

If you prefer to eat breakfast almost as soon as you wake up, then you could have some Spatone mid-morning instead.

You can add a sachet to some fruit juice, or just drink it as it comes, straight out of the sachet.  The main thing is to leave a bit of time between taking it and eating/drinking anything else.

I’ve been using Spatone for a good few weeks now and am definitely finding it’s helping me to feel less tired.

I also love the fact that getting the iron my body needs helps support a healthy immune system and improves cognitive function.

One of the things I notice when I’m tired is that I get really foggy-headed and this has definitely improved since starting this new routine of taking Spatone every day, along with drinking more water and getting more regular exercise.

While supplements shouldn’t replace a healthy, balanced diet, I find it really reassuring to know that my body is now getting the iron it needs, so that I can maintain the energy levels I need as a busy parent.

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Disclaimer: this is a sponsored post, however all words, images and opinions are my own.