Long post, sorry. Zinc picolinate: what actually has human evidence behind it, and what is extrapolation from animals?
My rule now: if a claim cannot survive being written down with the numbers attached, it is marketing.
Forum consensus and published consensus diverged here about five years ago and never reconverged.
Baseline first. Without a baseline the after picture is decoration.
I would rather have a narrow conclusion and be right than a broad one and be interesting.
Elemental versus compound weight is the trap on every one of these labels.
Curious whether the popular dose has any basis or is just the convenient one.
Baseline first. Absorption worries was my main issue with zinc picolinate too.
Most of what is called evidence here is one person, one vial, one month.
A certificate of analysis answers one question and gets quoted as though it answers four. How long have you been on zinc picolinate?
Test one thing at a time. It feels slower and it is the only way to learn anything. Same for me with zinc picolinate, unfortunately.
Nobody has ever been talked out of a stack by a stranger on the internet.
Test one thing at a time. It feels slower and it is the only way to learn anything.
Stupid question: how do you know whether what is in the vial matches the label at all?