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if this is going to be listed as the top answer with all the upvotes, I might as well correct its huge errors. unfortunately I must also remove the erroneous conclusions, as I can't replace them with my own

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edit approved Apr 10, 2013 at 5:42

endolith

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"2X" means that it's been diluted 1-part-in-100 twice"2X" means that it's been diluted 1-part-in-10 twice, so it has 1 part in 10,000100 zinc. Which isn't a huge amount - forFor a 1g pill that would be 0.1mg[*]10mg[*], i.e. a little under 1% ofabout the same as your daily RDA (adult male should have 11mg/day - http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Zinc-HealthProfessionaladult male should have 11mg/day ).

So if you want zinc, eat some oysters, or use a regular vitamin pill.

[*] roughly - not taking into account the difference between volume and weight, of course.

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created Mar 14, 2011 at 17:50

user588

"2X" means that it's been diluted 1-part-in-100 twice, so it has 1 part in 10,000 zinc. Which isn't a huge amount - for a 1g pill that would be 0.1mg[*], i.e. a little under 1% of your daily RDA (adult male should have 11mg/day - http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Zinc-HealthProfessional/ ).

So if you want zinc, eat some oysters, or use a regular vitamin pill.

[*] roughly - not taking into account the difference between volume and weight, of course.