too much zinc

[eat big]

i read on the optimum ZMA bottle that you shouldnt take more than 100mg of zinc per day, or you may encounter prostate problems, im taking about 50mg a day, no worries, but why is this bad? will it mess up your test. production in your prostate? or something like that?
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[ghettostudmuffin]

I doubt it would actually hurt you. I take 40mg a day from my multi and that's not including any fish products I eat. I don't know what the toxic dosage of zinc is, but I would bet it is more than 100mg if you get high dosages of all the other vitamins and minerals. If you take ALOT of a particular vitamin or mineral it can cause negative side effects, but alot of the time this is because it interferes with the proper absorption of other vitamins and minerals. But if you take equal dosages of all vitamins and minerals then there's nothing to worry about. So if you take a multi-vitamin/mineral 3x a day then you will be getting alot of zinc, but you'll be fine because you'll be getting alot of everything.

 

[eat big]

ok thanks