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How much Zinc?
Posted: 4 Apr 2023, 10:14am
by ANTONISH
I've been trying to make sense of Zinc supplementation.
As far as I can ascertain the daily recommended dose is 11mg - most of the Zinc supplements on offer start at 15mg - there must be some Zinc in a normal diet.
Anyone have anything definitive on this ?
Re: How much Zinc?
Posted: 4 Apr 2023, 10:52am
by simonineaston
NHS guidance is captured here in the screenshot.
- screenshot of NHS web page
Re: How much Zinc?
Posted: 4 Apr 2023, 11:22am
by mjr
simonineaston wrote: ↑4 Apr 2023, 10:52am
NHS guidance is captured here in the screenshot.Screenshot 2023-04-04 at 10.49.56.png
Screenshot and no link because screen reader users don't deserve to know, you don't think about them, or what?
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins- ... ls/others/
Re: How much Zinc?
Posted: 4 Apr 2023, 12:51pm
by axel_knutt
This is the
DAPA toolkit from NIHR where the NHS 9.5mg RNI figure comes from.
This is the
online interactive database from the EFSA which has upper limits as well as recommended intake, and they're surprisingly close, with only about a 2:1 difference, and the recommended level also depends on phytate(?) intake.
My diet already contains 17mg, so your supplement would put me over the EFSA upper limit unless my phytate level was low. Two thirds of my dietary zinc comes from just half a dozen items: brown bread, cereal, milk, brown rice, liver & beef.
Re: How much Zinc?
Posted: 4 Apr 2023, 7:28pm
by 531colin
Re: How much Zinc?
Posted: 5 Apr 2023, 9:27am
by mjr
531colin wrote: ↑4 Apr 2023, 7:28pm
Having a bad day?
No, ableism is always offensive.
Re: How much Zinc?
Posted: 5 Apr 2023, 12:41pm
by 531colin
mjr wrote: ↑5 Apr 2023, 9:27am
531colin wrote: ↑4 Apr 2023, 7:28pm
Having a bad day?
No, ableism is always offensive.
As far as I can tell, the only person being deliberately offensive is you.