Guest guest Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 > > What would be considered a good amount of zinc to take daily. In AI (p 167) Andy says to take zinc at 100 mg to start and reduce to 50 mg once ALA is used as a chelator. Spreading the dose over 4x per day may help with absorption. J I have > had red blood cell tests for zinc,zinc-copper ratio, selenium, > potassium and magnesium,and despite taking good supplements all are > below the lowest of the range. On the other hand I have high calcium > at the outer membrane of the mitochondria which I know is bad news. > The only mineral that was ok was manganese. > > I have been taking good quality supplements for years at good doses, ie > zinc around 40 -50 mg daily but they just don't seem to get into the > cells. > > Pam > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 > > What would be considered a good amount of zinc to take daily. In AI (p 167) Andy says to take zinc at 100 mg to start and reduce to 50 mg once ALA is used as a chelator. Spreading the dose over 4x per day may help with absorption. J I have > had red blood cell tests for zinc,zinc-copper ratio, selenium, > potassium and magnesium,and despite taking good supplements all are > below the lowest of the range. On the other hand I have high calcium > at the outer membrane of the mitochondria which I know is bad news. > The only mineral that was ok was manganese. > > I have been taking good quality supplements for years at good doses, ie > zinc around 40 -50 mg daily but they just don't seem to get into the > cells. > > Pam > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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