I take 120mg of zinc daily and don't have side effects.
The trick is to segment it throughout the day instead of just taking it all at once (because then you get a nasty headache).
I eat a lot of complex carbohydrates and drink a ton of water, so others might not be able to handle as much. I am also 5ft 10 at 160 pounds so if you are significantly smaller you might also try less.
I tried 160mg spaced throughout day and had a slight headache but not a severe one. I find I get most of the benefits and none of the bullshit at 120mg.
Don't take more than 30mg or so at one time and you'll probably be fine
high doses are safe short term but short term means 2-4 months in this case. stay safe
I cycle all my supplements 2 weeks on 2 weeks off. Your probably right though but with Zinc I'm willing to wait until I feel anything bad before I dial back.
I'm taking my copper as well from my multivitamin and foods to absorb it better, but I am not supplementing it directly, so it's possible that I am only absorbing a healthy amount of zinc and the rest is passing straight through me. Like copper is the bottleneck here.
However, I feel a mad positive difference between 30mg daily and the 120mg I'm taking now, so unless it's placebo I feel like I'm definitely absorbing the lot of it. At the very least, I'm absorbing far more than the recommended maximum of 40mg, and I'm not a super huge guy either so I think I'm good.
Everything? Multi vita included? Creatine too? Pretty good results?
I do not take creatine. If I do then I will cycle it very lightly. I do not want my body to stop it's absorption/production of natural creatine.
I haven't really done much research on it however, and if my concerns end up debunked or rationalized then I may start, but I have no intention on doing so, my gains have been coming fine so long as I stay full stomach all the time
>enjoy your copper and iron deficiency
Copper and Iron deficiency is your only concerns? I've already explained those.
I eat a lot of seafood and get over the daily amount from my Multivitamin alone. Zinc definitely outweighs them in terms of proportionality when it comes to daily intake but I've never seen someone supplementing 4mg of copper from pills alone have a copper defficency, even if it is all being absorbed.
The only other concern that you didn't mention but I have thought off was having too much metal in my body, which would be valid however I don't think it stays in your system as long as people think with all the water I drink.
Even the amount of Zinc that makes it into my bloodstream and just sits there should theoretically never pile up to the point of being too much unless I literally megadose and power through all the headaches that causes. I also cycle zinc 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off like I do with all my supplements, so I doubt this will ever be a real issue.
Get fucked.
>I haven't really done much research on it however, and if my concerns end up debunked or rationalized then I may start,
It's literally the most researched sup out there. You are either braindead or gnomish.
>get over the daily amount from my Multivitamin alone
Multivitamins are a meme and don't actually do anything. Have you actually had any testing done to confirm all this shit?
>Multivitamins are a meme
So fucking true. Nobody wants to buy the sups separately and mix their own. There isn't fucking shit in them. People are always lazy simple as.
>just give yourself heavy metal poisoning
Are you not worried about copper deficiency?
I get a lot from the stuff I eat, magnesium supplement, and my multivitamin.
According to the labels, I get around 4mg of copper throughout the day without including the food.
I'm definitely far above normal levels for people on both ends but I probably am a little skewed in zincs favor.
Initially, I clicked on this post to moralize retards like you about the fact that the body doesn't work on a strict 1:1 basis, and putting more into it doesn't necessarily equate with more of whatever was happening before. Then I realized this was the natural process of selection taking place. So now, I say godspeed anon.
can you elaborate? I made this thread for a reason.
selection implies that the losers don't adapt or question their behavior, which means the others live on generation after generation. As far as I know I am not feeling anything bas and have been taking 120mg for about a week and a half. Can you elaborate a little more so I can become informed, or at the very least understand the issue you think there is?
enjoy your copper and iron deficiency
>inb4 this is a gnomish plot to harm the zinc industry
I read somewhere most people get copper from the trace amounts in water pipes. If I'm really worried could I just go to home Depot get a cheap pipe and lick it like an ice cream cone?
>eats beef liver once a week
wow that was hard
What does zinc do exactly?
acts as a key component in immune system components. Excess zinc just gets shunted to the balls and makes lots of CUM
So hypothetically, if you took finasteride and zinc at the same time, that offset the sexual sides then?
Zinc is a 5a-reductase inhibitor like finasteride. So taking extra zinc supplements makes finasteride even stronger than before.
It makes you gay like every supplement.
it cleared up my acne
how much magnesium are you taking?
3x 500mg pills throughout the day
They also have a little copper and iron in them, but only around 1/4 of the daily total for each.
(all three only total up to 0.37mg of copper)
Copper deficiency is super rare but does exist with megadosers of certain medicines and supps. I still take a lot of copper to help absorb the zinc but proportionally little compared to the 120mg of zinc. I'm not willing to take any more copper since I feel I would have too much and I'm already not sure if I already do.
>Copper deficiency is super rare
No.
Did you know that the copper content of vegetables dropped 75% from 1940 to 1990? Meats and fruits also had large drops. Imagine the extra drop from 1990 to 2023. The soil got depleted of copper from over farming.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6196933/
Also taking high zinc increases cholesterol levels.
It's very rare that people have copper deficiency, the opposite is true in fact. Most people consume too much copper. Also, zinc hinders absorption of copper, but doesn't really effect copper level in the blood. So, if you take zinc with dinner, you still with get copper from your breakfast and lunch. Don't worry about iron too, zinc's effect on iron levels are insignificant, unless you consume ridiculous amounts of zinc of course.
What is the point? Even if you can maintain this dosage literally what benefit is there?
I'm going back to China in a few weeks where grilled oysters are cheap and plentiful. I want to eat 5-10 per day and see what happens.
China isn't known for its high quality food. But you should eat something goofy like pangolin, bats, dog, cat, reptile. Those bugs eat a lot of goofy shit. He'll eat a monkey.
The food quality here in the US is the worst I've ever had in any country. It blows my mind that Americans put up with it.
Meanwhile a supermarket in China has 5 different kinds of tomatoes, 10 different kinds of mushrooms, a fuckoad of fruit. The options are endless and the food tastes good.
You must be going to the wrong places because I have a ton of good variety. I also grow a lot of my own stuff. Maybe don't disconnect yourself from your food sources.
>The food quality here in the US is the worst I've ever had in any country.
The most asinine thing I've ever read in the past week.
Travel more.
I do retard Ive been all around the world. China included. Go choke on a rope gay.
You've been nowhere you lying sack of shit. Throw more salt and sugar into your bland shitfood.
How the fuck would you know nog? I've been on every continent besides Antarctica and south America. North America has literally the best food. Just because you've been to a couple places outside the US and romanticized it like a fag doesn't make your opinion fact. The next best cuisine I've had was in south Africa, then Japan. Maybe you can stop acting like an elite gay and actually experience the places you visit. I hope you get poisoned and die from the food you eat in china.
I hate all the pills.
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