Is zinc legit

>>39930108
I'm no expert but I was taking 50mg for a bit. Started getting abnormally horny around 3 days in but it bottomed out after the second week. Now I just take the 15mg in my multivitamin.

>inb4 Multi meme

Just tryna cover my bases pls no bully

>>39930706
all off the vitamins are competing to be absorbed by the same body processes, youre paying for an expensive calcium pill

>>39932809
Is there any science behind this?

if you're deficient, shouldn't take too long (1-3 days)

zinc is pretty good, yeah. i'd supplement it at 15-30mg/day (always lower values unless you're very deficient) if you're not getting any natural source of zinc in your diet. this usually happens when people forego red meat.

>>39933255
he's sort of right

id worry more about the lack of enzymes & cofactors when ingesting micronutrients via supplementation compared to whole food desu

besides, a lot of multis don't have the most bio-available forms of the 'important' vitamins/minerals, and barely even hit the RDA (which is woefully inadequate, i might add) for them

that being said, i don't see anything wrong with taking something like a $10/365 caps as cheap insurance, as long as you're eating a wide variety of nutritient-dense whole foods. but plenty of bodybuilders will just eat chicken breast + broccoli for the majority of their meals and think a multi will cover the rest.

>>39933365
What are some of these nutrient-dense whole foods you speak of? Just a few examples, if you will.

>>39930108
From my personal experience of taking zinc, I've found that my erections get rock hard. Not that I had any erectile problems, I've always been able to get hard pretty easily. So when I say my penis gets rock hard, there's a noticeable difference since supplementing with zinc. That rock hard feeling is pretty great in itself, it makes me feel big and adequate/confident even though I'm around 5 inches. I'd say my sex drive went up to some degree as well but can't necessarily say that zinc is the reason for that. I guess I can't claim zinc is responsible for my stronger erections either but it seems likely. Take what I say with a grain of salt though and just try it yourself and see the results. I supplement not everyday but usually like 3 days each week with about 25 mg.