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Read online that zinc is good for acne: some good studies that indicate 30mg is as effective as antibiotics. I also read that you can only absorb around 10mg of zinc each meal (Removed). The upper limit for zinc is 40 mg per day so I began taking it (zinc gluconate form) but in split dosages to increase absorption -- 20mg morning, 10mg midday and 10mg evening. This cleared my skin in 2 months. Highly recommend as it's the only thing that's worked; I've tried high dose vitamin A, among -
Cleared My Skin With Beta-Carotene
cazza1494 replied to dreadreadreadrea's topic in Diet & holistic health
All humans can convert beta carotene to retinol, as they're omnivores. Yes there is genetics that make people not as good, but they still convert. If it was such a big deal, it wouldn't be well established that in Humans, half of supplemental beta carotene can be converted to retinol (ref: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminA-HealthProfessional/#h2). The point with beta carotene, is that you can take very high dose needed to treat acne (up to 500,000 IU of beta carotene, which can be conve