Safety · Supplement
Zinc-Carnosine: side effects, safety & interactions
Generally safe; counts toward total zinc intake (watch copper with chronic high use).
- Overall grade
- Grade C
- Last revised
- 0
- graded outcomes
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- Watch with Copper: Chronic high zinc intake can lower copper.
The evidence in words
Safety profile
Generally safe; counts toward total zinc intake (watch copper with chronic high use).
Interactions to respect
Copper — Chronic high zinc intake can lower copper.
What Zinc-Carnosine is
Zinc-carnosine (polaprezinc) is a chelate used in Japan for gastric ulcers and gut-lining support.
The honest bottom line
A targeted gut-lining supplement with real gastric-protection evidence. 75 mg/day; mind total zinc.
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