Zinc - What do you think? - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

Captain Hero · 14-03-2005, 01:49 PM

How much Zinc do you reckon i should be supplementing? At the mo im taking one 15mg in the morning and 30mg at night, do you reckon this is too little or should i be taking more?

ChefX · 14-03-2005, 02:24 PM

if your using a good whole food multi, and taking the sleep stuff you have plenty
many people take too much and then it lowers test production, for short bouts it can be boosted (aka cold/flu for a week or two) other times keep it steady low

so thats between 30 to 90 mg a day total (about 1/2 of this should come from your food - Beef, pork, poultry, seafood, grains, and bran)

when you go over the 100mg mark you start getting rebound effect from it and it will lower test production (in some not all people and depends on the type and style/taken as well)

DB · 14-03-2005, 04:47 PM

i take 25 mg a nite mate

**hackskii** · 14-03-2005, 04:59 PM

I know alot of people use zinc as a cure all for test production.

Id say if you are defficiant in this mineral then supplementation is necessary, but too many people use this in high doses for post cycle and think it will get the nads back quickly. I dont think this is the case.

Minerals regulate alot of the bodys functions. Getting one too high or one too low problems can occur.

Moderation is key.

Malakor · 15-03-2005, 04:58 AM

I also read somewhere that intake for the average person should be about 15mg, and that everytime you ejaculate you lose 5mg worth!

Killerkeane · 15-03-2005, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malakor

I also read somewhere that intake for the average person should be about 15mg, and that everytime you ejaculate you lose 5mg worth!

lol, really?
No wonder why im deficient in zinc.

DB · 15-03-2005, 12:44 PM

u told me u drink it again so u should be fine killer

**hackskii** · 15-03-2005, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malakor

I also read somewhere that intake for the average person should be about 15mg, and that everytime you ejaculate you lose 5mg worth!

I have read this too.

Killerkeane · 15-03-2005, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirty barry

u told me u drink it again so u should be fine killer

thats what i thought, better lighten up a bit now then baz. :p

Carlos901 · 15-03-2005, 05:22 PM

lmfao

Killerkeane · 16-03-2005, 12:59 PM

Im deficient in zinc, have lots of white blotches all over my nails indicating this. I eat lots and lots of meat, always have. especially now. And for the first time (last 3-4 months) they have gone away. Lately however i have been supplementing 1 zinc tablet (15mg) and a multi vitiman tab (50mg) obviously totalling 75mg. On top of my meat consumption i am probably now exceeding the MDA? Shall i just cut the zinc tab out?

ChefX · 16-03-2005, 03:37 PM

why not just use support supplements that cover all this stuff?

whole food multi's and sleep aids

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ChefX Getting HUGE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A Secret Laboratory outside of Washington DC Posts: 1,870	if your using a good whole food multi, and taking the sleep stuff you have plenty many people take too much and then it lowers test production, for short bouts it can be boosted (aka cold/flu for a week or two) other times keep it steady low so thats between 30 to 90 mg a day total (about 1/2 of this should come from your food - Beef, pork, poultry, seafood, grains, and bran) when you go over the 100mg mark you start getting rebound effect from it and it will lower test production (in some not all people and depends on the type and style/taken as well) __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *The Regimen X Bodybuilding System by The Family of X* In the great Greek poem by Constantine Cavafy titled "Ithaka," We are reminded that it is the voyage and the adventures on the way that count, not the arrival itself.

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hackskii UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sunny Southern California U.S.A. Posts: 23,737	I know alot of people use zinc as a cure all for test production. Id say if you are defficiant in this mineral then supplementation is necessary, but too many people use this in high doses for post cycle and think it will get the nads back quickly. I dont think this is the case. Minerals regulate alot of the bodys functions. Getting one too high or one too low problems can occur. Moderation is key. __________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - George Carlin Scott To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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Malakor Newbie Trainer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pattaya, Thailand Posts: 77	I also read somewhere that intake for the average person should be about 15mg, and that everytime you ejaculate you lose 5mg worth! __________________ . . . . . . 'The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom' - William Blake

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DB UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: SW London Posts: 11,448	u told me u drink it again so u should be fine killer __________________ DB To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. often imitated never duplicated To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. DB sleeps with a night light. Not because DB is afraid of the dark, but the dark is afraid of DB. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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Killerkeane The Geezer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Somerset although im not proud lol. Posts: 2,978	Im deficient in zinc, have lots of white blotches all over my nails indicating this. I eat lots and lots of meat, always have. especially now. And for the first time (last 3-4 months) they have gone away. Lately however i have been supplementing 1 zinc tablet (15mg) and a multi vitiman tab (50mg) obviously totalling 75mg. On top of my meat consumption i am probably now exceeding the MDA? Shall i just cut the zinc tab out? __________________ Fortes Fortuna Paratus Mens-Fortune favours the prepared mind.:amen:

16-03-2005, 03:37 PM	#12 (permalink)
ChefX Getting HUGE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A Secret Laboratory outside of Washington DC Posts: 1,870	why not just use support supplements that cover all this stuff? whole food multi's and sleep aids __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *The Regimen X Bodybuilding System by The Family of X* In the great Greek poem by Constantine Cavafy titled "Ithaka," We are reminded that it is the voyage and the adventures on the way that count, not the arrival itself.

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