zinc and molybdenum questions

March 6, 2008

Been reviewing my supplement schedule and I've got a couple of

supplement questions -

1. I've been taking zinc 3/day and just noticed that Andy says 50-100

mg per day, not per dose. So with 3 doses I'm taking 150 mg per

day... too much, huh? I thought I saw somewhere that you could/should

take zinc at every meal, which is how I came up with the 3/day idea.

What do people do on zinc? Take 50mg all at once? How many times a

day? Break it up? Buy lower dose tabs? Is 150mg/day really too much?

2. I haven't started molybdenum yet, since iHerb only offered it in

liquid and it would've taken a lot to get to Andy's recommended

1000mcg range. I finally got some from NEEDS, but they are 500mcg

caps. Again, I think I read that molybdenum should be taken 4

times/day, but now I can't find that anywhere. What are folks doing

for molybdenum? Taking it twice a day? Splitting the capsules?

Buying it somewhere else?

Thanks for any input,

March 6, 2008

> --------------I have 30mg capsules, so I take 1-2, 2X/day, so sometimes I

> am taking 120mg, so a little more than recommended also. So you could

> just take >1-50mg capsule 2X/day. I don't think splitting up the zinc

> during the day is as important as it is for things like Vit C and B

> vitamins.-------

Hi, Since zinc is water soluble it is very important to take serveal doses

throughout the day with other water soluble things like Vit C, B-Vitamins,

magnesium.

When you chelate this is easy as you can just include them with each dose.

Take care not to take B-vitamins at night as they can interfere with your

sleep.

The only ones that you can take once a day is the fat soluble ones like Vit

A, D, E and K and Fish Oils, since the liver can store these and release at

will.

DeanSA

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