Zinc question - can't get my head around this

[Guest guest]

For people supplementing this, the bottle says Zinc 75mg per caps, but small print on ingredients says each cap contains:

monomethionine 60mg+zinc 15mg

So if one wants to supplement 75mg zinc would you give one cap of this per day or 5 caps? Really silly, I know

Also: did anyone get sleep issues when starting larger doses zinc??

Tia

Natasa

[Guest guest]

Hi Natasa,

The 75mg probably refers to the mass of the 'chemical salt' ie zinc

monomethionine, which actually contains 15mg of elemental zinc.

So yes, if you wanted to give 75mg of elemental zinc, then you will need 5 caps.

However, this is a big big dose! Are you sure you really need 75mg of elemental

zinc?

Didn't really see any sleep issues when we started zinc with our son. He is on

15mg zinc daily. We did see his taste sensation return though!

Cheers,

.

[Guest guest]

Thanks! it was recommended zinc monom @60-75mg per day. but now me

thinking it MUST be in the bound form, not elemental, 4-5 caps per day

would just be too much.

Natasa

>

> Hi Natasa,

>

> The 75mg probably refers to the mass of the 'chemical salt' ie zinc

monomethionine, which actually contains 15mg of elemental zinc.

>

> So yes, if you wanted to give 75mg of elemental zinc, then you will

need 5 caps. However, this is a big big dose! Are you sure you really

need 75mg of elemental zinc?

>

> Didn't really see any sleep issues when we started zinc with our son.

He is on 15mg zinc daily. We did see his taste sensation return though!

>

> Cheers,

> .

>