Guest guest Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Hi All, Can someone inform me of the best form zinc? Is it Zinc Picolinate? Zinc Chelate? Products are not well marked. I have one that says it is 50mg of Zinc Picolinate (which contains 19% Elemental Zinc which equals 9.5mg Elemental zinc). When Andy suggests to take 50-100mg of zinc does he mean Elemental or a Chelated version (like Zinc Picolinate or Zinc Chelate or a better version)? I have another product that says 15mg of Zinc Chelate. I'm really confused - can someone clarify please? Thanks, Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 > > > Hi All, > > Can someone inform me of the best form zinc? > Is it Zinc Picolinate? Zinc Chelate? > > Products are not well marked. I have one that says it is 50mg of Zinc Picolinate (which contains 19% Elemental Zinc which equals 9.5mg Elemental zinc). > > When Andy suggests to take 50-100mg of zinc does he mean Elemental or a Chelated version (like Zinc Picolinate or Zinc Chelate or a better version)? > I have another product that says 15mg of Zinc Chelate. > > I'm really confused - can someone clarify please? > Thanks, > Dean > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 > > > Hi All, > > Can someone inform me of the best form zinc? > Is it Zinc Picolinate? Zinc Chelate? I don't think the form is critical. When I first took zinc, I only tolerated the picolinate form. I think whatever a person tolerates is fine. > Products are not well marked. I have one that says it is 50mg of Zinc Picolinate (which contains 19% Elemental Zinc which equals 9.5mg Elemental zinc). That's odd labeling. Most of the mineral supps I am looking at here indicate the amount of elemental zinc and then say in parentheses what form it is. For example " iron (as iron glycinate) 29 mg " means you are getting 29 mg elemental iron in the form of iron glycinate. > When Andy suggests to take 50-100mg of zinc does he mean Elemental or a Chelated version (like Zinc Picolinate or Zinc Chelate or a better version)? I think he means 50-100 mg of elemental zinc. > I have another product that says 15mg of Zinc Chelate. I avoid the " chelate " forms because I don't really understand what they are. -- > I'm really confused - can someone clarify please? > Thanks, > Dean > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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