Zinc questions

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While I'm arm-wrestling my doc about what to do with my E2 levels, I

started reading Dr. Shippen's book.

In it he recommends taking 50 mg of zinc twice daily (100 mg or >600%

of the RDA) as one of the anti-aromatase agents. After a bit more

reading elsewhere it seems that there is concern over zinc toxicity.

I am a sedentary individual so I don't burn a lot of minerals off due

to exercise (I know, I know...I'll cross that bridge when I can).

The RDA for zinc is 15 mg, so what is the right figure to start out?

How quickly would one expect to see some changes and then reduce the

dosage.

My wife broght home two zinc supplements. One is straight zinc (50

mg from zinc oxide and zinc gluconate), no copper. The other is a

zinc/copper blend (zinc 30 mg and copper 2 mg) but the zinc is from

zinc picolinate. Is there a major difference in the two sources of

zinc (zinc oxide and zinc gluconate vs. zinc picolinate)? Also, some

folks have recommended a 15:1 zinc/copper mix supplement as the way

to go. Does copper have any part in the process of working my

estrogen levels down?

Thanks for the help...!