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Interesting. The Zinc supplement that I started taking a couple times of week due to COVID-19 exceeds all upper limits listed on Wikipedia when taken at the rec
by btrettel 6y ago
Interesting. The Zinc supplement that I started taking a couple times of week due to COVID-19 exceeds all upper limits listed on Wikipedia when taken at the recommended daily dose (50 mg).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc#Dietary_recommendations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc#Dietary_recommendations
> In the case of zinc the adult UL is 40 mg/day (lower for children).
> The EFSA reviewed the same safety question and set its UL at 25 mg/day, which is much lower than the U.S. value.
- orwin 6y agoPlease be carefull with trace element as supplements, only take it if your doctor agree and don't self-medicate. When i was younger a kid in my school almost killed himself with iron poisoning (well, rather his parents almost killed him).
- raverbashing 6y ago"Be careful" as "know which number is bigger than the other" You're right, people should know that 50mg is bigger than 40mg/25mg (at least for a safe prolonged daily limit - single dosage limit might be higher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_toxicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_toxicity ). It's kindergarden level math and still it seems people have trouble with it. I'm not being ironic, it seems that's a common problem. Maybe explains why the situation got to the point it got.