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I did some research on zinc. When taken internally it acts as an anti-inflammatory which can help with acne symptoms. Just be sure to take it on an empty stomach and not to take more than 100mg a day–50mg is what is normally recommended in what I’m reading.
February 20th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
It’s worth pointing out that Nature Made is USP verified. Their supplements are tested by the USP for quality, accuracy, etc… Read about USP verification here:
http://www.usp.org/USPVerified/dietarySupplements/
Zinc is on the list here
http://www.usp.org/USPVerified/dietarySupplements/natureMade.html
February 20th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Oh yeah, I guess my point is that everyone should try to buy USP verified products to promote supplement quality. Participation by manufacturers is voluntary, and only a limited number choose to participate. As for the rest, well, there is no external source of quality control for their products. They could very easily cut corners…
February 20th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Thanks to zinc, I have been free from cystic acne! Another supplement I’m taking is alpha lipoic acid, I have read it helps clear acne due to it being a powerful sulfur. is it true dan?
February 20th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Ha Ha, Dan I love ur little news music. So cute
I think I’m going to try zinc, because I started to before but just never got around to it. Since you recommended it I’m for sure trying it. I heard it causes fish burps or something like that though?
February 21st, 2009 at 12:31 am
dan your so awesome man. you in the shower in the beginning was funny. anyway man just want to say your great!
February 21st, 2009 at 8:52 am
screw the rules1111111 i take 75 mg of zinc aday.
February 21st, 2009 at 10:11 am
be very very careful by taking too much zinc
in my case everthing was going great for years when i was taking 30mg a zinc per day
but one day the shop only had 10mg zinc tablets so stupid me thought i should take 3 of them so it would equal what i was taken before. what this did was broke me out in reallly really nig red lumps and huge spots which has nvr happen to me before. it still hasnt totally clear up yet and this was months and months ago
also what ill found by doing this it kinda has messed up my hormones which ill came to the conclusion y i brokedn out like this and still to the day am breaking out more even on the regiem i was on before. now i dont take no zinc at all as it seems to make my acne worse which is really really strange to me
what ill read zinc is suppose to promote a healthly hormone balance which it does in the right dosage but b very careful in how much u take
February 21st, 2009 at 11:06 am
Great video!
February 21st, 2009 at 11:33 am
Spooky I have just gone and bought some Zinc today and checked your site when I came in and your video blog from yesterday is about Zinc. I loved the intro to this video it make me chuckle.
February 21st, 2009 at 12:40 pm
DAaaaan!!! UPDATe on SPF PLZ? lol I have ran out of your 2.5% BP, and i am waiting for your Spf to come out so i can order it all together. Can you give a time frame when the SPF is gonna be out? April, May June?
Thnnnnks!
February 22nd, 2009 at 2:15 pm
On one messageboard forum, an esthetician said that zinc glutamate is the only kind of zinc that has an anti-acne effect, but when I went to the stores all they had at the stores was some other kind [forget the name]… Is the type of zinc important?
February 22nd, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Hi, jo now i will rename myself jo the girl! you know just to not get confused. you are right it seems zinc gluconate does not work for me, the one that does is chelated amino acid. great question joe! I have read chelated amino acid is absorbed better.
February 23rd, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Hey Dan!
Do you have any recomendations, like vitamins or minerals for OILY skin? thank you Dan.
February 23rd, 2009 at 9:26 pm
hi jo (and I’m a girl, too, btw, lol).. fwiw, I just found the post from the messageboards;
“[…]Research indicates that the form of zinc taken may be important. Studies have indicated that zinc monomethionine is more easily used by the body than either zinc sulfate or zinc gluconate. it is usually best to take zinc with food. Recommended dosage for supplements vary (50-100 mg) - but some research suggests that it is probably best to take no more than 100 mg per day as a dietary supplement (excessive zinc intake may lead to deficiencies in other vitamins and minerals. It is best to take this with food and not on an empty stomach.”
Wonder if ‘chelated’ corresponds to one of these kinds, or if it’s smtg else..
February 23rd, 2009 at 9:28 pm
and lol that I called it ‘glutamate’ and not ‘gluconate’. Must’ve been hungry.
February 24th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Hmmm…I will have to look into this. I have heard that we should look for zinc gluconate.
February 24th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Dan, thats what I thought and thats what I bought.
February 24th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
AAWW
i really liked the opening.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm maybe i will try this
if THE REGIMEN does not work all the way
February 26th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
> Studies have indicated that zinc monomethionine is more easily used by the body
Hmmm, since there are no definitive tests for zinc deficiency (e.g., women on BCP have lowered zinc serum levels even when on zinc supplements, but show no signs of zinc deficiency), I would pay more attention to what those “studies” decided to measure to declare a particular form of zinc is “more easily used”.
Because so little is known about zinc metabolism (although it’s clearly implicated in acne), I’ll guess the form matters less than a host of other known and unkown factors that affect zinc absorption: are you Vitamin D deficient, do you have sufficient Vitamin B6, how long ago did you eat something with significant copper in it, and on and on. All those things probably play a role in the fact that zinc can be very helpful for some people, and worthless or in between for others.
I use zinc picolinate, specifically because of a study demonstrating it traveled better to hair and nails, but certainly gluconate and sulfate forms have been used in acne studies more than once.
Reports of zinc lowering copper status are generally hysterically exaggerated. Old folks were studied for a year on 100mg/day with no particular ill effects. Doses of several times that are routinely used in short-term acne studies. Take 300mg/day for a year or two, and you can probably make yourself anemic. Since zinc and copper probably mutually compete for intestinal absorption, it seems sensible to take zinc when you have not recently eaten copper, and likewise eat foods with copper in them when you have not recently taken a zinc pill. Taking a zinc pill that itself contains copper just seems like trying to lift yourself in the air by pulling on your bootstraps, to me. Hey, let me pay some money to watch these two supplements fight it out in my gut and decrease the value of both of them!
March 6th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Awesome vid dan! U Always make me smile!
Just a question- My problem area is my cheeks, i have no acne anywhere else, but i was wondering if zinc might cause a breakout if i stop using it. I just started taking zinc, but i’ve heard some people say when they stopped taking it, they broke out, is it true? I’m also taking fish oil, and vitamin A,C,E in a tablet form dissolved in water. Can i get some feedback? Thanks everyone.
July 12th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Just wanted to let you know, dan, that the header for the video actually says “make sure to take it on an empty stomach” instead of “make sure NOT to take it on an empty stomach.” If someone researching zinc just read the header and didn’t watch the video he or she might end up pretty sick!
July 20th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
I hear that Zinc Methanione can really clear up acne for some people.
July 31st, 2009 at 1:32 am
After reading comments about zinc for treating acne i decided to give it a try. I got Zinc sulphate capsule 140 mg. Forgot to read the description. So I din’t take it internally. I mixed it with 2 drops of water and applied on the large painful cystic acne. Today morning the pain is gone and the swelling is also reduced. If i apply once more it will be gone. I hope this helps some of you.
August 2nd, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Appreciate your great site. Just wanted to point out that the text of your post says “Just be sure to take it on an empty stomach…” while the video says be sure NOT to take it on an empty stomach. Surpised the text hasn’t been updated.
August 4th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Hey people..just wanted to give heads up. BE SURE TO EAT BEFORE U TAKE THE ZINC! U WILL SERIOUSLY PUKE AFTERWARDS IF U DON’T EAT…!!!
on the other hand..i was breaking up badly (serious cystic acne)..i read about zinc and the benifits for acne..so i was taking it orally..was working wanders on my oily face (noticed my face was less oily)..then I decided to put some zinc on my face.. i crushed one pill and put a drop of water on my palm and mix the water with the zinc into a paste and put it all over my face! it stung for a bit because of the open wounds from the acne..but it was worth it ..because the next day..my face did not hurt…! the cystic acne is painful..and i put it on every other night for a week..and believe it or not…my face was healing..i was getting less acne..the old ones started to shrink…the next week i did not get any more acne..my face was not hurting…i also noticed the red spots on my face disappearing…my face felt smooth..even a clean glow…so the next week i continued my regimen and taaadaa..it vanished..the third week my acne dried up and my skin was looking clearer..the scars on my face were disappearing..i’ve now been using it for a month..i now use it twice a week..for touch ups..i also make sure to apply moisterizers for acne prone skin..just wanted to let u all know..because i’ve been suffering from acne since i was 12 and now i’m 32…give it a try…..
August 13th, 2009 at 6:03 am
Hello - I have 22mg caps of Zinc Picolinate. I am nervous about taking too much, so I only take one a day. How much am I actually absorbing? Is this enough to see any real difference?
August 13th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Yes peter 22mg should be enough to make a noticeable difference to your skin, I was taking only 7.5 mg a day and my acne cleared up almost completely after about 2 weeks. I stopped and my skin returned back to iusual. I’ve just started on the zinc again now. One thing I’ve noticed is that my eyes are much brighter whilst taking zinc pills, has anyone else noticed this? They’re amazing! Beautiful eyes, Beautiful skin.
August 17th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Hi.
Im taking a multivitamin pill which contains DAILY
3500 iu vitamin A 50% Beta Carotine and 50% retin something
11 mg Zing Oxyde
Also except from my multivitamin,Im taking an extra
10,000 Vitamin A from Fish Liver Oil DAILY
30 mg Zinc Gluconate.
I just started it and I wana know if im doing the right thing?
September 2nd, 2009 at 6:10 am
Hi Dan, just reading about this zinc thing here and was just wondering if you realize zinc NEEDS B6 to be able to be absorbed into the body so taking zinc alone could mean most of it gets waisted which is why you might need more of it to compensate the loss AND you could therefor be dearer of, because you are buying a much higher dosage than really needed!
A specialist (gyno, hormonal acne) told me years ago to take 15 mg of ESSENTIAL zinc (so tablet could be total of 50 mg of something or other but the just zinc part needs to be 15 mg) and pref. a picolinate since its beter absorbed and lighter on digestive system, TOGETHER with 100mg of B6, once a day, during a meal (again to aid digestion and absorption), and a good brand can make quite a lot of difference to your reactions and absorption as well.
As you and some others (see “databased” i.e) have mentioned, it is very dangerous to take too much as it gets stored in your body’s fat so you don’t wee it out l(ike Vit C) and can therefor become an overdose.
I know when my intake is build up too much, when I start to break out in a sweat in my neck and feel edgy and aneamic, and get nightmares, so I stop it until all is back to normal.
And YES Bob, my eyes, nails and skin AND hair are much better since I started taking it!
September 23rd, 2009 at 1:17 pm
just a correction, on the video you said if taken with an empty stomach you can get nauseous. Idk if u mean its better to take it on an empty stomach or it was just a typo up above:
Zinc
I did some research on zinc. When taken internally it acts as an anti-inflammatory which can help with acne symptoms. Just be sure to take it on an empty stomach and not to take more than 100mg a day–50mg is what is normally recommended in what I’m reading.
October 6th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
on the description thingy you have to take it on an empty stomach and in the video it says not to… just lettin ya know
October 26th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
My understanding is that zinc is only helpful in cases of androgen-induced acne in women, and only in situations where a person is zinc deficient. This is common among vegetarians.