Re: Re: Zinc Deficiency????

July 8, 2003

If the Puritan's Pride zinc supplement is a true amino acid chelate,

then it should be just fine. The problem is that many manufacturers say

their product is chelated because in chelation different molecules are

combined. However, the molecules have to be combined in a particular

way to make an easy to absorb amino acid chelate product. See

supplement is not an amino acid chelate, then the word " chelated " is

just being used as advertising hype.

And could you please not include the entire digest when you reply to a

message? Your email was 44KB long. We would appreciate this effort.

Ray Hooks

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Faulkner wrote:

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> I just got copies of my lab results from March. My zinc level dropped from

775 on 8/6/02 (when I was not taking zinc supplements) to 71. I take 50 mg

chelated zinc (puritan's pride). Am I not taking enough or could something in

my diet/lifestyle have produced this drastic change om 8 months. All my other

labs seem to be holding steady with the exception of Vitamin A which jumped

from 90 to 146. (normal 30-90). Folate serum is 20 and calcium has remained

steady at 9.6. Protein total went from 7.3 on 1/10/02 to 7.4 on 8/6 and 7.2 on

3/9/03. I've stopped taking the Vitamin A & D supplement because of the high

level of vitamin A, but my Vitamin D went from a scarey 5.9 in January 2002 to

46 on 8/6/02 and 30 on March 3. I take Vitalady's Calcium with D and Magnesium.

Will that be enough D for me to keep me healthy? Shortly after my D went to 5.9

I developed kidney stones. I passed the last one in February of this year. No

problems since. Any comments?

> Thanks.

> in Akron (who's getting hernia repair and panni on (gulp) Thursday.

>

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