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    Apr 23, 2009, 12:38 AM
    How much mg's does my supplement have?
    Hey everyone!

    I'm a little confused. I bought Zinc supplements today and I am unsure how much mg's of Zinc it has. As you can see in the pic (attachment) it has Zinc 25mg in the brackets but if you read across, it has 125mg? Same with the other ingredients as well. My hunch is that it has 25mg? Am I right? If someone can, could you explain what the numbers mean across? Do they add it up or something?

    I appreciate any of your answers!
    Thank-you!! :)
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    Apr 23, 2009, 12:56 AM
    You are correct in that it does have 25mg Zinc, but incorporated in 125mg of Zinc amino acid chelate.
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    Apr 23, 2009, 05:11 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Curlyben View Post
    You are correct in that it does have 25mg Zinc, but incorporated in 125mg of Zinc amino acid chelate.
    Thank-you!! :)

    So one tablet contains 25mg of *only ZINC* and the rest is the amino acid chelate?

    So if I take two tablets per day, the mg of zinc content in my body is 50mg?
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    Apr 23, 2009, 06:08 PM

    Seems correct to me
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    Apr 23, 2009, 07:30 PM

    Not exactly:

    I'm going to pick on Calcium which is not in your supliment. Take a look here for a better explanation: Calcium Forms, Bioavailability Subject of Industry Discussion

    There are different forms of Calcium like calcium carbonate (oyster shells) and calcium Lactate (Milk) for example.

    There a different forms of Zinc. Yours happens to be a chelate form. Each form of zinc might have a different bioavailabilty, so one form might be better used by the body than another. Zinc is also a pure metal, but in the body in such a form it is posonous.

    Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen which are both gasses, H2 and O2. Water is H2O; Two hydrogens bonded to one Oxygen. O3 is ozone, the thunderstorm smell and it's bad for you. Hydrogen is explosive. Hydrogen peroxide is H2O2 and you bleach your hair with it.

    Thus given the right reaction; O2, O3, H2O, and H2O2 might indeed produce a free oxygen molecule that can combine with another compound.

    Zinc has to be in a form that the body can use. Zinc Chelate is one such form. It cannot be the metal.
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