Pure Encapsulations Zinc 30 mg | Zinc Picolinate Supplement for Immune System Support, Growth and Development, and Wound Healing* | 60 Capsules

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I have been taking the Zinc for over a year. Being fully vac’d and boostered, I feel that this has helped in keeping me well!

I liked everything about it

Easy to swallow

Purchased a similar brand of this product and not half as effective same with their magnesium.

There’s no way I can determine the absorption of the product.

After trying so many different products and manufacturers, I know that I can count on pure to deliver!

I was repeatedly getting sick over the last few months. Even after antibiotics. these days being sick is even more so annoying because everybody thinks it’s one thing. Anyways I tried these and literally within 3 days my terrible cough went away and aches went away. So I’m assuming I was barely consuming this naturally. Reintroducing it to my system was the best. If you’re like me trying to figure out what to do to. Try these.

I Like this product

I’ve been taking 25mg of zinc gluconate for the past year or so with no side effects. But after reading that zinc picolinate is absorbed better by the body, I thought I’d try it in this 30mg form. I took one capsule with a meal, as suggested, but approximately 4-6 hours later I started to feel a “numb/inflamed irritation” in my throat and ears, which I associate with an oncoming cold. An hour or so after this, I began to feel a “straining” pain in my shoulders and upper arms. Needless to say, this was quite unpleasant. I decided not to take the zinc for a week to check if the irritation and pain were related to the supplement. The next day the symptoms were gone, so I was not in fact coming down with a cold. A week later, I took another capsule, again with a meal, and went about my business. As you can probably guess, since I’m writing this review, 4-6 hours later the irritation and pain returned. The unpleasantness lasted for hours until I went to bed. I did a little research (reading all critical reviews here, and googling) looking for others who may have experienced similar side effects, but I did not find anything helpful. Did I get a bad batch? Am I allergic to picolinate in particular, or something else in the capsule? But Pure Encapsulations make it clear on the bottle that the capsules are “Gluten-free, Non-GMO & Hypoallergenic,” so who knows. For now I’m going back to zinc gluconate; perhaps in future I will again try zinc picolinate, but in a smaller dose.