Re: Zinc (was Fixing Nutrient Deficiencies)

[Guest guest]

Aren't Brewer's Yeast and eggs good sources? I have a few eggs a week, and

sprinkle Brewer's Yeast on my fruit salad and into my " cake " (recipe in the

files).

on 2/29/2004 10:14 AM, Rodney at perspect1111@... wrote:

> So what are the genuinely good sources of zinc? On the basis that

> anything 100 calories of which supplies less than 10% of the RDA are

> useless, here are the things I found that contain more than 10%.

> There may be others. 18.1% eye of round, beef // 18.4% chicken

> liver // 21.5% '100% bran' // 23.4% chuck arm, beef // 26.2% round

> tip, beef // 29.1% wheat germ // 31.6% 'Allbran' // 34.8% shank,

> beef // 100% 'oatmeal with oat bran, fortified, regular flavor' //

> 878.7% oysters!!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi Francesca:

According to Fitday, 100 calories-worth of yeast (they do not

differentiate brewers) contains 14.5% of the RDA for zinc. That is

about 35 grams of yeast. Not bad. If you never ate anything but

yeast you'd get three times the RDA for zinc.

; ^ )))

Rodney.

>

> > So what are the genuinely good sources of zinc? On the basis that

> > anything 100 calories of which supplies less than 10% of the RDA

are

> > useless, here are the things I found that contain more than 10%.

> > There may be others. 18.1% eye of round, beef // 18.4% chicken

> > liver // 21.5% '100% bran' // 23.4% chuck arm, beef // 26.2%

round

> > tip, beef // 29.1% wheat germ // 31.6% 'Allbran' // 34.8% shank,

> > beef // 100% 'oatmeal with oat bran, fortified, regular flavor' //

> > 878.7% oysters!!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi Francesca:

One hundred calories of whole egg (which I generally avoid for the

huge fat content) contains 4.52% of the RDA for zinc. If you never

ate anything but 2000 calories of egg daily you would be about 10%

deficient in zinc. (WARNING: All this stuff according to Fitday)

(So who told you that?!!!)

Rodney.

>

> > So what are the genuinely good sources of zinc? On the basis that

> > anything 100 calories of which supplies less than 10% of the RDA

are

> > useless, here are the things I found that contain more than 10%.

> > There may be others. 18.1% eye of round, beef // 18.4% chicken

> > liver // 21.5% '100% bran' // 23.4% chuck arm, beef // 26.2%

round

> > tip, beef // 29.1% wheat germ // 31.6% 'Allbran' // 34.8% shank,

> > beef // 100% 'oatmeal with oat bran, fortified, regular flavor' //

> > 878.7% oysters!!!!

[Guest guest]

Sorry if I being crude and non-wholitistic about this issue, but it rather

brings to my mind the scene in " Raiders of the Lost Ark " when

confronts the scimitar wieldeing 7 foot warrior in Cairo: just pop a

muli-vitamin and shoot the whole issue dead, please.

>From: " Rodney " <perspect1111@...>

>Reply-

>

>Subject: Re: [ ]Zinc (was Fixing Nutrient Deficiencies)

>Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 18:19:05 -0000

>

>Hi Francesca:

>

>One hundred calories of whole egg (which I generally avoid for the

>huge fat content) contains 4.52% of the RDA for zinc. If you never

>ate anything but 2000 calories of egg daily you would be about 10%

>deficient in zinc. (WARNING: All this stuff according to Fitday)

>

>(So who told you that?!!!)

>

>Rodney.

>

>

> >

> > > So what are the genuinely good sources of zinc? On the basis that

> > > anything 100 calories of which supplies less than 10% of the RDA

>are

> > > useless, here are the things I found that contain more than 10%.

> > > There may be others. 18.1% eye of round, beef // 18.4% chicken

> > > liver // 21.5% '100% bran' // 23.4% chuck arm, beef // 26.2%

>round

> > > tip, beef // 29.1% wheat germ // 31.6% 'Allbran' // 34.8% shank,

> > > beef // 100% 'oatmeal with oat bran, fortified, regular flavor' //

> > > 878.7% oysters!!!!

>

[Guest guest]

Hi :

Well to get what I need in calcium I would have to pop about three

and a half multivitamins daily. And there is a lot of stuff in these

pills I know little about, so I am somewhat cautious about swallowing

too many of them. I am brave enough, though, to swallow one a week!

For iron in particular, I am already, before supplementing, almost

double the RDA. Three and a half multis would put me up within

striking range of the upper limit (beyond which problems may occur)

dosage for iron. I think for now I will supplement just the things I

know I am deficient in or where empirical work suggests benefit with

no obvious risk.

Just an approach I feel comfortable with.

Rodney.

> > >

> > > > So what are the genuinely good sources of zinc? On the basis

that

> > > > anything 100 calories of which supplies less than 10% of the

RDA

> >are

> > > > useless, here are the things I found that contain more than

10%.

> > > > There may be others. 18.1% eye of round, beef // 18.4%

chicken

> > > > liver // 21.5% '100% bran' // 23.4% chuck arm, beef // 26.2%

> >round

> > > > tip, beef // 29.1% wheat germ // 31.6% 'Allbran' // 34.8%

shank,

> > > > beef // 100% 'oatmeal with oat bran, fortified, regular

flavor' //

> > > > 878.7% oysters!!!!

> >

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Rodney-

I agree about the iron. I only take supplements devoid of iron. They are

pretty readily available. I also take a couple of Sugar Free Tums Extra (750

mg calcium cabonate) before bed every night. A few judiciously chosen

supplements are, I think, helpful. I'm afraid I, personally, go far beyond

these currently (omega 3 oils/pharmaceutical quality fish oil; vitamin E

succinate and gamma E and tocotrienols, etc.; methylselenocysteine; R(+)

lipoic acid; acetyl-L carnitine, etc....)

>From: " Rodney " <perspect1111@...>

>Reply-

>

>Subject: Re: [ ]Zinc (was Fixing Nutrient Deficiencies)

>Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 19:48:35 -0000

>

>Hi :

>

>Well to get what I need in calcium I would have to pop about three

>and a half multivitamins daily. And there is a lot of stuff in these

>pills I know little about, so I am somewhat cautious about swallowing

>too many of them. I am brave enough, though, to swallow one a week!

>

>For iron in particular, I am already, before supplementing, almost

>double the RDA. Three and a half multis would put me up within

>striking range of the upper limit (beyond which problems may occur)

>dosage for iron. I think for now I will supplement just the things I

>know I am deficient in or where empirical work suggests benefit with

>no obvious risk.

>

>Just an approach I feel comfortable with.

>

>Rodney.

>

>

> > > >

> > > > > So what are the genuinely good sources of zinc? On the basis

>that

> > > > > anything 100 calories of which supplies less than 10% of the

>RDA

> > >are

> > > > > useless, here are the things I found that contain more than

>10%.

> > > > > There may be others. 18.1% eye of round, beef // 18.4%

>chicken

> > > > > liver // 21.5% '100% bran' // 23.4% chuck arm, beef // 26.2%

> > >round

> > > > > tip, beef // 29.1% wheat germ // 31.6% 'Allbran' // 34.8%

>shank,

> > > > > beef // 100% 'oatmeal with oat bran, fortified, regular

>flavor' //

> > > > > 878.7% oysters!!!!

> > >

>

[Guest guest]

Rodney: I am looking at a bottle of pills that I have on hand. The brand

is " Your Life " and each pill contains 33% MDR Calcium, 33% MDR Magnesium

and 33% MDR zinc. The dosage recommended is 1 tablet 3 X a day.

on 2/29/2004 2:48 PM, Rodney at perspect1111@... wrote:

> Hi :

>

> Well to get what I need in calcium I would have to pop about three

> and a half multivitamins daily. And there is a lot of stuff in these

> pills I know little about, so I am somewhat cautious about swallowing

> too many of them. I am brave enough, though, to swallow one a week!

>

> For iron in particular, I am already, before supplementing, almost

> double the RDA. Three and a half multis would put me up within

> striking range of the upper limit (beyond which problems may occur)

> dosage for iron. I think for now I will supplement just the things I

> know I am deficient in or where empirical work suggests benefit with

> no obvious risk.

>

> Just an approach I feel comfortable with.

>

> Rodney.