Zinc Glycinate
People mainly take Zinc Glycinate for libido, mood, sleep. Based on 15 first-hand reports and 0 meta-analyses & systematic reviews in the medical literature. Ranked #387 of 1,974 overall.
Of reports that state an outcome, 75% are positive.
What Zinc Glycinate does, according to users
Of the people who reported each effect, the share who said it got better.
What the research says
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses from PubMed, with their published conclusions.
1–4 randomized controlled trials, no meta-analysis yet. The grade measures how much human research exists — read the conclusions below for what it found.
Dosage people report
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Reported side effects
How often each side effect came up across all reports.
What users say
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“Zinc glycinate and Magtein are superior.”
“Zinc Glycinate 50mg 1 After first meal”
“Glycinate has been the most effective for me. I think I had a pretty bad deficiency though.”
“I use Zinc Glycinate with great success. It's one of the few supplements I take and can feel a noticeable difference with. It greatly increases libido”
“Zinc Glycinate (always best to use chelated minerals for absorption and preventing side-effects) since it almost always ends up deficient with Magnesium”
Top discussions (5)
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