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Can you recommend a zinc supplement? Preferably NSF or Mayo tested?

• FollowingTheDao 3y ago
  Zinc Sulphate is the hospital approved form. But zinc picolinate will work well too. I take zinc sulfate. 220 mg with 50mg of elemental zinc.
  • astrange 3y ago
    That is rather high and may cause side effects for most people. (Those are: tingling in fingers, vivid dreams, and especially bad nausea and stomach pain. Also higher testosterone and dramatically higher sex drive, though maybe you like that.)
    • FollowingTheDao 3y ago
      I agree, and I don’t recommend anyone take zinc before getting their zinc levels tested. Or if they know they have genetic issues with zinc and zinc deficiency. But the side effects from the zinc could be from a deficiency as well. If you are low in serotonin and dopamine and take zinc, it will increase these, and since you were low for so long, the reaction to higher levels will be more pronounced. The increase in serotonin is usually what causes stomach upset, and diarrhea. So it’s probably better for people who haven’t taken zinc who are deficient to start slowly.
      • LoganDark 3y ago
        ...Zinc can increase dopamine? I wonder what it would do to someone with ADHD.
        • FollowingTheDao 3y ago
          Probably help some of them: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-94124-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-94124-5 B6 increases dopamine so that might play a role as well.