low zinc

Any suggestions for a good zinc supplement? Need to take 25 mg 2x day until levels rise. I have been taking a daily zinc supplement, but not that much. I think recent illness must have (or still is) depleting store. 

I've been taking 100mg of zinc away from all other vitamins and minerals to keep my levels mid range. I get everything from Vitalady and as much as possible in capsule form.

--gina

I've had low zinc from the get-go, and when I took any more than a double dose, I would get acne, so I started combining zinc with copper to increase absorption.  You can get the copper seperately on Amazon, or I recently discovered a pill that combined the two together.

I take zinc and copper combined. Look for Optizinc on Amazon. Each pill has 30mg zinc I forget how much copper - maybe 30 mcg.
it ake 3 a day and I also take it away from my other vits because I was having trouble with my levels and some suggested to try that
to give it more of a chance to absorb.

Thanks. Valerie recommended the copper combo too. I hadn't seen about the timing thing. 

Not everyone does the timing - people just usually say to do that if you seem to not
be getting as much help from a vitamin as you should. When I was first working out 
splitting  my vits for the day it happened that I had a spot open at night when I usually
wake up so  I thought I would give it a try.  I take my Vitamin A at the same time.
I wouldn't consider it a necessity.

I do 2x100mg of Now Foods zinc picolinate away from other vits.  They do their capsules in 50mg and they're easy to swallow.  Picolinate is a very well absorbed form of zinc.