A lot.
Why?
- Zinc is balanced with copper
- Globally we are getting copper in drinking water
- Copper water pipes make it nearly impossible to overdose
- Also, minerals are competitively absorbed, slowly
- Just be reasonable, but zinc deficiency is seen in almost every health problem, without exception.
Dose amount chart
- Target amounts
- children to adults
- bone cancers and can be taken for years.
zinc-glycinate works
zinc-gluconate does not work.
Daily zinc and taking magnesium:
- 3.18 mg /day /kg body weight zinc-glycinate type
- 8 mg /day /kg body weight magnesium
Find your body weight for full dose amounts:
|
body weight |
Zinc Total |
number of 15 mg Zinc tablets |
Total Magnesium |
| 40 kg / 88 lbs | 127 mg | 8.5 | 320 mg |
| 50 kg / 110 lbs | 159 mg | 10.6 | 400 mg |
| 60 kg / 132 lbs | 190 mg | 12.7 | 480 mg |
| 70 kg / 154 lbs | 223 mg | 14.9 | 560 mg |
| 80 kg / 176 lbs | 254 mg | 16.9 |
640 mg |
| 90 kg / 198 lbs | 286 mg | 19.0 | 720 mg |
| 100 kg / 220 lbs | 318 mg | 21.2 | 800 mg |
Common: Magnesium 500 mg capsules, one or two per day.
Spread Zinc tablets throughout the day, example times:.
- breakfast
- lunch
- tea time
- dinner
- late snack
These data are taken from the amounts suggested for leukemia in children
PubMed PMID:15823699