How much zinc?

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alice17

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I've read that the recommended amount to help with acne is 50mg a day, however other sites I've looked at say to take as much as 150mg a day. Does anyone know what the right amount is?
 
Also, my supplement (50mg pills) doesn't say how much elemental zinc is in it. It comes from zinc gluconate and zinc picolate (sp?). I'm assuming that means that there's only a small amount of actual elemental zinc in there, so I'd have to take at least 2 or 3 to get the recommended 30-50mg of elemental zinc, right?
 
150mg is too much. You should try starting at 50mg and then you can cut that down to about 30 mg. I took zinc and it took forever to show results.
 
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