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To: ConservativeMind

How are we supposed to know how much copper/zinc to consume? This, and other minerals, if we have enough of one, we have too little of the other.


10 posted on 07/25/2025 11:02:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

If you took in 1.63 mg of copper from all your foods, then the right amount of zinc for the day would be 12.225 mg.

1 : 7.5 ratio
1.63 mg : 12.225 mg

I believe the Upper Tolerable Limit of copper is 10 mg a day, and 40 mg a day for zinc.

Some people taking AREDS formula for their eyes for AMD get more zinc than 40 mg a day.


18 posted on 07/26/2025 5:17:08 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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