Zinc

• Can zinc help with acne?

  There is a range of factors that can cause acne ... & quite often, low zinc levels are part of the root cause of breakouts or excessively oily skin. This is because zinc helps regulate sebum production … an oil that our skin naturally produces for protection and to keep the skin hydrated. H...

• Can zinc support hair growth?

  If you're looking to support your hair health, zinc could be worth looking at. Zinc supports a protein in our hair called keratin, which supports the health of our hair, including hair strength and hair length. If someone is deficient in zinc, this can have a negative impact on the overall heal...

• How is zinc glycinate formulated?

  Our zinc is formulated with amino acid glycine (the same as our Magnesium Glycinate supplement) Zinc is originally mined from the earth where it undergoes a series of extraction steps to bring it to pure zinc. Then, the zinc is bound / chelated to another compound, which in our case is glycine,...

• How much zinc is required per day?

  The recommended dietary intake for zinc is 8mg for women & 11mg for men per day. If supplementing, we recommend taking between 10 –15mg of zinc per day (as our bodies never absorb 100% of zinc, from food or supplements). High doses of zinc (above 40mg) can have side effects like nausea, dig...

• How & when to take zinc glycinate?

  Take 1 capsule per day, which has 15mg of elemental zinc per capsule. And best practise is to supplement zinc either 1 hour before or 2 hours after a meal (there are certain compounds in food that can impact absorption of zinc) There are some people who find supplementing zinc on an empty stoma...

• What are the foods high in zinc?

  Here are some of the best food sources of Zinc: Animal protein (best absorbed): Oysters, beef, crab, lobster, pork, chicken, egg yolk. Plant based (less Absorbable): pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, chickpeas, lentils, cashews, almonds, quinoa.

• Which zinc do we recommend?

  Zinc glycinate, zinc picolinate and zinc monomethionine are at the top of the list, as they’re bound to amino acids which help absorption. And our preference is zinc glycinate as it has slight higher bioavailability & is gentler on the stomach.

• Will taking zinc throw off copper balance?

  This really comes down the dose amount of zinc someone is taking & how well someone absorbs and maintains zinc levels. Research suggests that the risk of copper imbalances is higher when people supplement high doses of zinc over a long period of time (high doses are normally considered above...