Zinc

[Shma]

I am taking 250mg daily of zinc, I'm thinking of switching to 500mg :woot:

I strongly suggest that you not take anywhere near that amount. That's ridiculously excessive.

Personally, I buy 50 mg tablets of zinc, then cut them into quarters. I take one of those quarters every day, or every other day.

For what do you take zinc for?

 

[dpdr]

I am taking 250mg daily of zinc, I'm thinking of switching to 500mg :woot:

I strongly suggest that you not take anywhere near that amount. That's ridiculously excessive.

Personally, I buy 50 mg tablets of zinc, then cut them into quarters. I take one of those quarters every day, or every other day.

The recommended dose for an adult, if I mistake not is between 70mg and 80mg per day, you are taking a very low dose

 

[Shma]

I am taking 250mg daily of zinc, I'm thinking of switching to 500mg :woot:

I strongly suggest that you not take anywhere near that amount. That's ridiculously excessive.

Personally, I buy 50 mg tablets of zinc, then cut them into quarters. I take one of those quarters every day, or every other day.

The recommended dose for an adult, if I mistake not is between 70mg and 80mg per day, you are taking a very low dose

Where have you heard that? The rda is about 15 mg...

 

[dpdr]

Where have you heard that? The rda is about 15 mg...

3 doctors told me

 

[vauxall]

Zinc is a powerful if not the most powerful DHT inhibitor but 250mg a day is really out of order.

Although it's water soluble at those concentration it's likely to become toxic in a few months.

Dr Abraham Hoffer used to give megadoses of Zinc for a short time to schizophrenics because Zinc is a copper inhibitor.

I take 15mg of Zinc twice a day, btw.

 

[Bryan]

For what do you take zinc for?

Just as some nutritional "insurance".

 

[Bryan]

The recommended dose for an adult, if I mistake not is between 70mg and 80mg per day, you are taking a very low dose

The recommended dose for an adult is around 10 mg to 15 mg per day, like Shma said. The doctors who told you that it's 70-80 mg are WRONG.