Anyone else experiencing issues with taking zinc?

[Collywobbles64]

I have recently added Zinc picolinate to my arsenal of supplements, but have found that after 6 days it has upset my bowels and caused diarrhoea. I'm only taking one capsule containing 15mg zinc picolinate; natural beta carotene/carotenod mix 900ug and copper citrate 1mg. Anyone else supplementing with zinc and had adverse affects?

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[Met00]

I also take 15mg zinc daily, without side effects, but also without the additional ingredients. I double my dose if I'm fighting a cold, and I think that might sometimes be responsible for causing mild diarrhoea, though it's difficult to tell as I can also get up slight stomach upset with a cold.

[Collywobbles64 in reply to Met00]

Hi Met00, it could be the type of zinc I'm taking, but will try it again in a couple of days.

[fmkkm]

Hi,

Zinc gives me nausea so I don’t take it often, usually just when I feel the flu coming on.

[Collywobbles64 in reply to fmkkm]

Hi forwardmotion, I did feel a little nauseous and read that this is one of the signs of zinc overdose, but as I had only been taking it a couple of days I was surprised.

[trishbindefeld]

Yes I’m afraid so. Magnesium and zinc both give similar issues. It’s a problem.

[Collywobbles64 in reply to trishbindefeld]

Hi trishbindefeld, luckily I don't have a problem with magnesium unless it's combined with calcium. I'm taking a break from the zinc and will try again.

[trishbindefeld in reply to Collywobbles64]

Good luck. We don’t need s lot of zinc. Have you looked at foods that contain it?

[Collywobbles64 in reply to trishbindefeld]

Not yet but will have a look. Thanks

[DeannaAlphi]

Hi. My nutritional studies taught us to be very careful with zinc. It is often added to foods and other supplements, plus cold remedies and can easily add up to too much. Some vitamins are flushed out of the body easily if we take too much. Not so with zinc, too much is toxic to the body. Sounds like your body may be telling you this. The only time I would ever take zinc supplements is if I know I an deficient eg if I had white marks on my finger nails. Even then, I'd only take them for a very short time. Much better to look up foods high in zinc and eat them along with fruit as the vitamin c will help it's absorbtion. xx

[Collywobbles64 in reply to DeannaAlphi]

Hi, Thank you for the information. I have just restarted the zinc supplementation, so will see what happens. It may not be the culprit, as I just noticed that the new vitamin C I was taking also contains calcium. I cannot take calcium and magnesium together as this causes diarrhoea in me.