Ιs 50mg of Zinc Per Day a Lot?

[SQAAD]

I take 50mg of zinc per day for 1 month now.

It makes me feel great when i take it. I can feel the testosterone running through my body.

I haven't noticed any bad effects so far, besides that my right nostril is a little bit clogged..

Edited June 1 by SQAAD

[Norbert Somogyi]

It's a high dose, pontentially not risky, but you are likely to be fine with half as much. A blood test can tell where you are at currently.

According to NIH (National Institutes of Health), the higher limit is 40mg per day. Interestingly, I also take as much in the form of Picolinate (50mg per capsule per day, even the bottle says as much). I will also experiment with halving the dose, to see if anything happens on my side.

What you should be concerned about is excessive zinc's inhibitory effects on copper. It can increase the rate at which copper is removed from the body, also decrease the amount it is absorbed. Copper deficiency is a bitch - anemia, worse and less white blood cells, decreased immunity, potential osteoporosis and neuropathy (masking B12 deficiency symptoms, can be misdiagnosed). 

[Carl-Richard]

Do you take anything else as well?

[SQAAD]

@Carl-Richard

3 hours ago, Carl-Richard said:

Do you take anything else as well?

I also take vitamin d3 and k2. And vitamin C. 

I forgot to mention that the only side effect so far is that my right nostril is a little bit clogged..

Edited June 1 by SQAAD

[SQAAD]

17 hours ago, Norbert Somogyi said:

It's a high dose, pontentially not risky, but you are likely to be fine with half as much. A blood test can tell where you are at currently.

According to NIH (National Institutes of Health), the higher limit is 40mg per day. Interestingly, I also take as much in the form of Picolinate (50mg per capsule per day, even the bottle says as much). I will also experiment with halving the dose, to see if anything happens on my side.

What you should be concerned about is excessive zinc's inhibitory effects on copper. It can increase the rate at which copper is removed from the body, also decrease the amount it is absorbed. Copper deficiency is a bitch - anemia, worse and less white blood cells, decreased immunity, potential osteoporosis and neuropathy (masking B12 deficiency symptoms, can be misdiagnosed). 

Interesting.

I forgot to mention that the only side effect so far is that my right nostril is a little bit clogged.

Do you notice any difference while taking zinc?

[daydrinking]

50mg of zinc per day is definitely a high dose, especially if you don't have low zinc, hashimoto's, or low testosterone. like norbert said, this kind of dose can easily throw off your copper levels over time, which can easily backfire.

i have hashimoto's myself and i'm currently on 25mg zinc with 1mg of copper. i'm considering increasing it a bit since i haven't felt much benefit yet. one side effect i've noticed, when i take zinc on an empty stomach, i get headaches, which i think is pretty common and known.

if you're planning to stay at 50mg, i'd really recommend switching to a supplement that also includes copper, just to stay balanced, and maybe get a mineral panel or blood test after a month, just to see where your levels are at

Edited June 1 by daydrinking

[Norbert Somogyi]

8 hours ago, SQAAD said:

Interesting.

I forgot to mention that the only side effect so far is that my right nostril is a little bit clogged.

Do you notice any difference while taking zinc?

I am not sure if I have any zinc-specific benefit I experience, but I also take D3,K2,Magnesium,Omega 3,C,Copper,Boron,Iodine&Selen. I know that zinc is greatly beneficial on its' own, furthermore synergistic with vitamin D. https://vitamindwiki.com/Zinc+and+Vitamin+D

My immunity is off the charts in comparison, but that also is related to high D3 levels. I was barely sick for a day this year, at the time others got such heavy cases of flu that some were almost bed-ridden for days or even weeks. Nothing was said about this flu in the news or the local government, which is interesting.

[Norbert Somogyi]

7 hours ago, daydrinking said:

50mg of zinc per day is definitely a high dose, especially if you don't have low zinc, hashimoto's, or low testosterone. like norbert said, this kind of dose can easily throw off your copper levels over time, which can easily backfire.

i have hashimoto's myself and i'm currently on 25mg zinc with 1mg of copper. i'm considering increasing it a bit since i haven't felt much benefit yet. one side effect i've noticed, when i take zinc on an empty stomach, i get headaches, which i think is pretty common and known.

if you're planning to stay at 50mg, i'd really recommend switching to a supplement that also includes copper, just to stay balanced, and maybe get a mineral panel or blood test after a month, just to see where your levels are at

I'd be cautious to take zinc&copper complexes, as zinc can inhibit the absorption of copper. Manufacturers have tried different workarounds, here is Gemini's current assessment. Just to be on the safe side, I'd take them separately, alternating between them 12 hours or every other day.

I'm sorry to hear you have hashimoto's, but there seems to be workarounds other than zinc&copper. Here is an overview in regards to vitamin D