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Women need 1.8 mg a day and men need 2.3 mg a day of manganese.

Top natural sources of manganese:

1. Blue Mussels: 5.8 mg, 251% Daily Value (DV)
2. Hazelnuts: 1.8 mg, 76% DV
3. Pecans: 1.3 mg, 56% DV
4. Brown Rice: 1.1 mg, 47% DV
5. Pacific Oysters: 1 mg, 45% DV
6. Clams: 0.9 mg, 37% DV
7. Chickpeas: 0.8 mg, 37% DV
8. Spinach: 0.8 mg, 37% DV
9. Pineapple: 0.8 mg, 33% DV
10. Soybeans: 0.7 mg, 31% DV
11. Oatmeal: 0.7 mg, 30% DV
12. Whole-Wheat Bread: 0.7 mg, 30% DV
13. Black Tea: 0.5 mg 23% DV
14. Lentils: 0.5 mg, 21%
15. Banana: 0.4 mg, 16% DV
16. Baked Potato: 0.3 mg, 14% DV

https://www.livestrong.com/article/13769669-foods-high-in-manganese/

There was no way our diet was supplying this every day, and my multivitamins and multiminerals did not have it.

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Obviously there are exceptions. My supplements have always included manganese.

The dangerous takeaway is “just go buy manganese tablets” but at the levels in some tablets inadvertent toxicity may occur.

I don’t subscribe to individual supplementation of nutrients unless a deficiency has been identified.