cartersmom
10-02-09, 05:14 AM
I have been looking into an appropriate Zinc supplement and am now more confused than ever. I would keep taking the Zinc tally liquid as somebody suggested, but this is way too expensive and it may not be the best absorbed form (Zinc Sulfate) I am looking to take the most bioavailable form I can get.
So far from my reading I have been able to glean that chelated Zinc is better absorbed than inorganic forms, but there are so many different chelated forms
In the case of zinc, the most common chelates fall into two categories. The first category is organic acids. These chelates include picolinic acid, orotic acid, citric acid and gluconic acid. The second category is amino acids. This category includes methionine, monomethionine, and aspartic acid. When supplements contain zinc in these chelated forms, the supplement label will usually read: zinc picolinate, zinc orotate, zinc gluconate, zinc monomethionine, and so forth. Supplemental zinc is also available in what is called inorganic form. Here zinc is provided in a non-chelated form, usually as zinc sulfate or zinc oxide. Research studies on these different forms of zinc show mixed results.
Any thoughts? I am paying more attention to trying to get zinc from food as well.
So far from my reading I have been able to glean that chelated Zinc is better absorbed than inorganic forms, but there are so many different chelated forms
In the case of zinc, the most common chelates fall into two categories. The first category is organic acids. These chelates include picolinic acid, orotic acid, citric acid and gluconic acid. The second category is amino acids. This category includes methionine, monomethionine, and aspartic acid. When supplements contain zinc in these chelated forms, the supplement label will usually read: zinc picolinate, zinc orotate, zinc gluconate, zinc monomethionine, and so forth. Supplemental zinc is also available in what is called inorganic form. Here zinc is provided in a non-chelated form, usually as zinc sulfate or zinc oxide. Research studies on these different forms of zinc show mixed results.
Any thoughts? I am paying more attention to trying to get zinc from food as well.